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autoionization

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au⋅to⋅i⋅on⋅i⋅za⋅tion

  [aw-toh-ahy-uh-nuh-zey-shuhn]
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–noun Physics.
Auger effect.
Origin:
auto- 1 + ionization

Au⋅ger effect

  [oh-zhey]
–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.
Also called autoionization.

Origin:
1930–35; named after Pierre V. Auger (b. 1899), French physicist
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