Title: Auger yield
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - Auger yield
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.A00524
Status: current

Definition
For a given excited state of a specified atom the probability that the de-excitation occurs by the Auger effect.

Related Terms
- Auger effect: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00520
- atom: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00493
- excited state: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E02257
- probability: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/P04855

Source
- PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. 'Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)' on page 1536 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac198254081533)

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Citation: Citation: 'Auger yield' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.A00524
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