On the production of X-rays by low energy ion beams.
Although electron beams with energies of a few keV can excite fluorescent X-ray production from solids, ion beams of comparable energy cannot do so. The reason for this situation is that it is the velocity of the incident particle, rather than its energy, which determines whether an ionization event can be generated.
Joy
David C
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA.
Meyer
Harry M
HM
Bolorizadeh
Mehdi
M
Lin
Yinghong
Y
Newbury
Dale
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