PRODUCTION OF L(I)-SUBSHELL AND M-SHELL VACANCIES FOLLOWING INNER-SHELL VACANCY PRODUCTION

The probabilities for transfer of vacancies from the K s el to an L(i) subshell (eta(KL(i))) and to the M shell (eta(KM)), and from the L(i) subshell to the M shell (eta(L(i)M)) are evaluated for elements with atomic numbers 18 less-than-or-equal-to Z less-than-or-equal-to 96 using the theoretical radiative transition rates of Scofield [Phys. Rev. A 9 (1974) 1041; At. Data Nucl. Data Tables 14 (1974) 121] and radiationless transition rates tabulated by Chen et al. [At Data Nucl. Data Tables 24 (1979) 13; Phys. Rev. A 21 (1980) 442]. The calculated vacancy transfer probabilities are least-squares fitted to polynomials to obtain analytical relations that represent these probabilities as a function of atomic number.