https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00193-6
Experimental measurements of K X-ray production cross-sections and
yields for the elements with 58 
Z 64 at 123.6 keV photon energy
Department of Physics, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Giresun University, 28000 Giresun, Turkey
Corresponding author: a ertugral@ktu.edu.tr
Received:
18
September
2006
Revised:
22
November
2006
Published online:
13
June
2007
Considering the importance of the K X-ray production cross-sections
as well as the K shell fluorescence yields
(ωK) for the determination of element concentrations in a given
material, we have measured them experimentally for the elements Ce, Pr, Nd,
Sm, Eu and Gd using photons at 123.6 keV from a 57Co radioisotope
source. Furthermore, the K X-rays intensity ratios (Kβ/Kα) for these elements have been investigated. The
characteristic K X-rays emitted by the target were detected by a
high-resolution with an energy resolution of 160 eV full with at
half-maximum (FWHM) at 5.96 keV. The experimental results of K X-ray
production cross-sections were compared with theoretically predicted values
based on relativistic Hartree-Slater and Hartree-Fock theories. Similarly,
the measured K shell fluorescence yields/cross-sections and the K X-rays
intensity ratios were compared with the theoretical values. In most cases,
there is an agreement between the experimental and theoretical data within
the experimental uncertainties.
PACS: 32.30.Rj – X-ray spectra / 32.80.Cy – Atomic scattering, cross-sections, and form factors; Compton scattering / 32.80.-t – Photon interactions with atoms / 30.70.-n – Intensities and shapes of atomic spectral lines
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2007
