Auger effect
[ oh-zhey ]
/ oʊˈʒeɪ /
noun Physics.
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.
Also called
autoionization.
Origin of Auger effect
1930–35; named after Pierre V.
Auger (born 1899), French physicist
British Dictionary definitions for auger effect
Auger effect
/ (ˈaʊɡə) /
noun
the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron shell
Word Origin for Auger effect
C20: named after Pierre
Auger (1899–1993), French physicist