It consists of electron transfer to the originally ionized Ne atom matched by energy transfer away from the Ne, which leads to ionization of the second
Kr atom nearby.
They found that just a few hundred fs after the initial ionization, the Ne atom that had absorbed the x-ray, as well as two neighboring
Kr atoms, were all in an ionized, positively charged state.
Not exact matches
In the studied model system, X-rays produce the doubly - charged particle (Ne2 +), which catches an electron from one of the neighboring
atoms (
Kr), transferring the energy to the other and releasing another electron.
These Ne -
Kr clusters were then exposed to pulsed X-rays of the SPring - 8 synchrotron radiation source which, under the conditions chosen for the experiment, preferentially ionized Ne
atoms.
The large
atoms Kr and Xe do not appear to be fractionated by this process, despite the large size difference between the two gases, suggesting a threshold atomic diameter of 3.6 Å above which the probability becomes very small that the gas will escape from the bubble».