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Auger effect

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Main Entry: Au·ger effect
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)ō-ˈzhā-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Pierre V. Auger †1993 French physicist
Date: 1931

: a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon —called also Auger process


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