Energy-dispersive measurements of the Kα3,KM1, Kβ1, and Kβ2x-ray intensities relative to the Kα1intensity in lead and uranium

Abstract

Lead and uranium K x-ray spectra recorded with a specially designed Ge detector have been fitted using an accurately determined line-shape model. This provides the first accurate Ge measurements of the K${\alpha }_3$ relative intensity and the first reported measurement of the ${\mathrm{KM}}_1$ relative intensity. Measurements of the transition probabilities of K${\beta }_1$ and K${\beta }_2$ relative to the K${\alpha }_1$ line provide a much more stringent test of calculated overlap and exchange effects than earlier ratios of gross line groups.