Auger effect
noun
Au·ger effect
(ˌ)ō-ˈzhā-
: a process in which an atom that has been ionized through the emission of an electron with energy in the X-ray range undergoes a transition in which a second electron is emitted rather than an X-ray photon
called also Auger process
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