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I was reading about characteristic x rays. I have a question I did not find an answer for it in the book (Concepts of Modern Physics-Sixth Edition-Arthur Beiser) or in the internet search. My question is:
How do the atom in the target (in the x ray production experiment) go to the normal state if the accelerated electron (from the cathode) knocks a k-electron out the atom and L-electron jumps to fill the vacancy there will be another vacancy, Do these transitions from higher levels continue in series till finally the atom ionized?
How do the atom in the target (in the x ray production experiment) go to the normal state if the accelerated electron (from the cathode) knocks a k-electron out the atom and L-electron jumps to fill the vacancy there will be another vacancy, Do these transitions from higher levels continue in series till finally the atom ionized?