Electron Bremsstrahlung X80: Theory and Recent Developments

Bremsstrahlung spectra produced from kilovolt electrons incident on thick targets of Ti, W and Pt

“…the target in which incident electrons finally come to rest) is a complex process. This process has been studied by several experimental and theoretical workers, for example, Seltzer and Berger [1], Dyson [2], Chervenak and Liuzzi [3], Ding et al [4], Ambrose et al [5], Seeman and Quarles [6], Goel and Shanker [7], Storm and Israel [8], Storm [9], Llovet et al [10], Acosta et al [11] and Pratt [12]. Hippler et al [13] have shown that the bremsstrahlung data produced from 2.5 to 10.0 keV electrons incident on targets of Z = 2-92 roughly support a Z 2 dependence for the bremsstrahlung cross section.…”

The emission of characteristic and non-characteristic x-rays from collisions of 10–22 keV electrons with argon

“…While recording the x-ray spectra, one has to take account of the background radiation carefully. This background radiation arises mainly due to the elastic and inelastic scattering of the incident electrons from the surrounding materials producing a thick-target bremsstrahlung (see, for example, [7]). This radiation is seen by the detector in a given geometrical configuration.…”

“…Most of the previous works connected to this field have been summarized in several reviews [5][6][7][8][9][10] and references therein. In addition, Langenberg and Van Eck [11] and Long et al [12] compiled most of the experimental K-shell yields and electron impact K-shell ionization cross sections, respectively, for a number of atoms for impact energies ranging from threshold to 1 GeV.…”