auger-electron

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Definition of auger-electron word

noun auger-electron a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (Auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray. 1

before 1930

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1930-35; named after Pierre V. Auger (born 1899), French physicist

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