Abstract
The double ionization of neutral tungsten atoms and W 2+ , W 4+ , and W 6+ ions by electron impact is investigated. The calculations are performed taking into account the Auger decay of single ionization states with inner vacancies in the 4d, 4f, 5s, 5p, and 5d shells as well as the direct double ionization using sudden perturbation model. The direct single ionization crosssection is obtained in relativistic distorted wave or binary-encounter-dipole approximations; the contribution from the indirect ionization by excitation-autoionization process is included too. It is shown that both processes n Auger decay of inner vacancy states and direct double ionization n play an important role in the double ionization process. The calculated cross-sections are compared with the experimental data.
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