Breit Interaction and Double $K$ Vacancies in Nuclear Transitions

4 March 1974

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 32 (9) , 447-450
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.32.447

Abstract

It is shown that the energy shift of

K

x rays emitted by an atom doubly ionized in the

K

shell comprises a 16% Breit-interaction contribution for

Z = 81

and thus constitutes a sensitive test of these corrections. The calculated shift of the

K α_{1}

line agrees with the present experiment (1160 ± 70 e V). This invalidates the much larger 2100-e V shift, reported by another group, which appears to be due to spurious effects.

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Breit Interaction and DoubleKVacancies in Nuclear Transitions

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Breit Interaction and Double $K$ Vacancies in Nuclear Transitions