Cross section for an incident photon interacting with a material to produce one or more photoelectrons from a given sub-shell.
Note: Photoionization from one sub-shell can lead to
shake-up or
shakeoff of electrons from other shells.
Source: PAC, 2020,
92, 1781. (
Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)) on page 1830 [
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