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Auger effect
[ oh-zhey i-fekt ]
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
/ ˈaʊɡə /
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of Auger effect1
First recorded 1930–35; named after Pierre V. Auger (1899–1993), French physicist
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Auger effect1
C20: named after Pierre Auger (1899–1993), French physicist
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