L X-ray production in La, Nd, Gd, Er and Lu by 1-5 MeV protons

Abstract

Cross sections for production of Lalpha , Lbeta , Lgamma and Ll X-rays in lanthanum, neodymium, gadolinium, erbium and lutetium were measured with proton bombardment in the energy range 1-5 MeV. These cross sections and their ratios are found to be, in general, in good agreement with the ECPSSR (energy loss and Coulomb deflection effects, perturbed stationary state approximation with relativistic correction) theory.