Environmental effects on Multiplet Structure of Mg Kα X-Ray Satellites

Abstract

The spectra of Kα X-rays produced by 1 to 3–MeV/amu H, He, O, Ne and S ion bombardment of magnesium and some of its compounds have been measured with a curved crystal spectrometer. The energies and intensities of the multiplets belonging to the first three Kα satellite groups are compared with the results of Hartree-Fock calculations. The influence of chemical environment on the Kα3/Kα4, Kα5/Kα6 , and Kα5/Kα7 intensity ratios is examined, and a strong dependence of the Kα3/Kα4 intensity ratio on projectile atomic number is observed.