FIZIKA A 3 (1994) 3, 141-154

HYPERSATELLITE AND SATELLITE TRANSITIONS IN SILVER ATOMS

VLADIMIR HORVAT^* and KSENOFONT ILAKOVAC^**
*Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station,TX 77843,USA
^**Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, POB 162, HR-41000 Zagreb, Croatia, and Ruđer Bošković Institute, 41000 Zagreb, Croatia

Received 9 December 1994

Previous measurements of the K X-rays emitted in the deexcitation of silver atoms with empty K-shells have been extended in order to obtain a better and more detailed quantitative description of the processes involved. The method of measurement has been improved and new data have been acquired. In addition, a more elaborate procedure for the analysis of data has been developed. In the analysis the complete set of peaks in the two-dimensional spectra originating from the hypersatellite-satellite cascades was treated in a self-consistent way. The Ka, Kb_1' and Kb_2' X-ray energy shifts caused by single K or L_2,3 spectator vacancies have been determined along with the intensity ratios I(Ka₂) / I(Ka₁), I(Kb_1') / I(Ka₁) and I(Kb_2')/I(Ka₁) of the hypersatellite transitions (involving a K-shell spectator vacancy) and of the satellite transitions involving a single L₂ or L₃ spectator vacancy. The results are compared with the theoretical values.

UDC 535.14
PACS 32.30.Rj, 32.70.Fw, 31.30.Jv

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