AUGER EFFECT Definition & Meaning

Auger effect

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noun

Physics.

a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron Auger electron rather than by the emission of an x-ray.

Auger effect

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noun

the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron shell

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Auger effect¹

First recorded 1930–35; named after Pierre V. Auger (1899–1993), French physicist

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of Auger effect¹

C20: named after Pierre Auger (1899–1993), French physicist

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The Auger effect was first discovered in 1922 by two European physicists, and it describes a subatomic process in which an electron displaces another electron but does not emit light.

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