Appearance-Potential and Characteristic-Electron-Energy-Loss Spectroscopies of Lanthanum: New Interpretation of Resonant X-Ray Emission

15 October 1979

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

Vol. 43 (16) , 1185-1189
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.43.1185

Abstract

Using characteristic-electron-energy-loss spectroscopy and different appearance-potential techniques, we have obtained results which suggest a new interpretation of the resonant x-ray emission in lanthanum. Identification of structures in energy-loss and x-ray-emission spectra shows that the resonant x-ray emission is mainly due to characteristic transitions and not bremsstrahlung as believed earlier.

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