X‐Ray‐Induced Vacuum Ultraviolet Luminescence from Neon Crystals

Abstract

Abstract In the X‐ray‐induced emission spectrum of solid neon excitonic lines are found at 744.2, 741.8, 738, and 733 Å, and broad peaks at 770 and 890 Å of unrelaxed Ne* 2 molecules which arebelieved to originate only from exciton relaxation. We also observed a peculiarly strong temperature dependence of the emission intensity which can becaused by changes in the crystal structure that influence the exciton formation.