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Physics Letters A

Volume 62, Issue 3, 8 August 1977, Pages 146-148
Physics Letters A

A scaling law for K-shell ionization by relativistic electrons

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Abstract

Data on K-shell ionization by relativistic electron impact have been correlated for a wide range of elements (Z=13–83) and incident electron energies (E=3–900 MeV). A semi-empirical scaling law that has been developed using the Kolbenstvedt virtual photon theory is presented.

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