Relative intensity measurements of L-shell X-rays for Ta, Au, Pb and Bi in the energy range 17-60 keV

Abstract

The relative intensities of L-shell X-rays, I(Ll)/I(Lalpha ),I(Lbeta )/I(Lalpha ),I(Lgamma )/I(Lalpha ) for Ta, Au, Pb and Bi, have been measured at incident photon energies of 17.8, 25.8, 46.9 and 59.5 keV. The emitted X-rays were measured with a Si(Li) detector system. The results for Pb at 17.8, 25.8 and 46.9 keV and those for Ta and Bi at all the four energies are being reported for the first time. The experimental results are in reasonable agreement with theory.