Experimental K-shell fluorescence cross sections for elements in the atomic number range 16 ≤ Z ≤ 92 by photon impact at various energies

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to collect from various sources over 3300 experimental values of K-shell fluorescence cross sections (${\sigma }_{K_{{\beta }_{1,3}}}$,${\sigma }_{K_{{\beta }_{2,4}}},{\sigma }_{K_{{\alpha }_1}},{\sigma }_{K_{{\alpha }_2}},{\sigma }_{K_{{\beta }_1}},{\sigma }_{K_{{\beta }_2}},{\sigma }_{K_{{{\beta }^{\prime }}_1}},{\sigma }_{K_{{{\beta }^{\prime }}_2}},{\sigma }_{K_{\alpha }},{\sigma }_{K_{\beta }}$ and ${\sigma }_{K_{tot}}$) of elements with atomic number in the range $16\le Z\le 92$by photo-ionization in multiple excitation energy ranging from 5.46 to 661.6 keV, which are presented in a form of 11 tables. The experimental values reported in 96 papers by numerous researches were published between 1985 and 2023. Therefore, by considering in the same tables a calculation of weighted average fluorescence cross section $\left({\sigma }_{K_j}\right){}_W$, with $\left(j={\beta }_{1,3},{\beta }_{2,4},{\alpha }_1,{\alpha }_2,{\beta }_1,{\beta }_2,{{\beta }^{\prime }}_1,{{\beta }^{\prime }}_2,\alpha ,\beta \text{and}\text{tot}\right)$ for each element; a full study of these data is carried out. However, dividing the measured values ${\left({\sigma }_{K_j}\right)}_{Exp}$by the weighted average $\left({\sigma }_{K_j}\right){}_W$, a new weighted means ratio $S_W=\left({\sigma }_{K_j}\right){}_{Exp}/\left({\sigma }_{K_j}\right){}_W$are also studied.