Measurement of L-shell X-ray production cross sections in Y, Gd and Bi due to 0.3 MeV/u - 1.0 MeV/u C ions.

Appl Radiat Isot

iThemba LABS TAMS, National Research Foundation, P Bag 11, WITS, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa; Physics Department, Tshwane University of Technology, P Bag X680, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. Electronic address:

Published: November 2021

Experimental heavy ion induced X-ray production cross sections in matter continue to be of importance for both fundamental ion-atom collision studies as well as practical applications such as in nuclear analytical techniques. This work presents results of L-shell X-ray production cross section measurements in Y, Gd and Bi due to 4 MeV-12 MeV C projectile ions. Experimental data are compared with theoretical calculations based on the ECPSSR, ECPSSR + EC and ECPSSR-UA models. Data show fairly good, albeit energy dependent agreement with the different models for yttrium and gadolinium cross sections. For bismuth, all three models overestimate data by an almost constant factor of two. The effect of multiple ionization on the l-line intensity ratios is also presented for gadolinium and bismuth targets.

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