Abstract
The most intense group of Auger electrons due to x-rays associated with -capture in would have energies lying in a narrow band within about 300 ev of a maximum value of 7056 ev (). These would arise from transitions in the resulting Cu atom. Electrons from the transitions would be about as numerous, lying within about 300 ev of a maximum value of 8016 ev (). The soft electrons which are emitted copiously from were found to have an absorption limit in collodion of 0.15±.03 mg/, approximately 7500 ev. When samples were placed 0.6 to 1.3 cm from the screen of a screen wall-counter filled with at 2 cm Hg pressure, the upper limit (by inspection) was found to be at (8000±1700 ev). Scattering in the counter gas and absorption in the sample are believed negligible. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the soft electrons from are Auger electrons resulting from -capture. Similar results, in less detail, were obtained in deflection experiments with .
- Received 10 May 1945
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.67.309
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