Coincidence Studies of Inner-Shell Excitation in Ion-Atom Collisions

Abstract

The theoretical description of inner-shell excitation in ion--atom collisions has focused on two regions: "Coulomb ionizationCharacteristic x-ray emission lines have been seen at a rather early stage in atomic collision studies, thus arousing the natural curiosity of the researchers. As a result, inner-shell excitation in atomic collisions has been investigated in great detail experimentally as well as theoretically. Many reasons stimulated this interest. Inner-