Relativistic Effects inK-Electron ejection duringKCapture

Abstract

An error in a previous work by the author is corrected. The corrected results show that relativistic effects have almost no influence on the shape of the energy spectrum of the $K$ electrons ejected during nuclear $K$ capture. They do, however, produce a substantial reduction in the ejected-electron intensity at low energies and in the total ejection rate per $K$-capture event. The discrepancies existing between the theoretical predictions and the various experimental results are discussed.