Determination of Relative Electronic Transition Probabilities by Impact Methods

Abstract

The possibility of obtaining relative electronic transition probabilities from ionization efficiency data is discussed. It is claimed that measurements of relative maximum ionization cross section lack much theoretical significance. It is shown that the factors determining the detailed form of the ionization efficiency curves need to be considered, and that when this is done it should be possible to calculate relative transition probabilities from the experimental data. An illustration is given of such a calculation for several states of excited and ionized krypton and xenon.