A wide range of atomic and solid state phenomena is studied today by means of x-ray excitation or inner-shell ionization, as this volume strikingly illustrates. The strong link between these two fields of investigation is partly the result of the extensive developments within each and also largely due to the broad variety of theoretical and experimental techniques now available. All im­ portant recent advances are to be found highlighted here; most are substantially reviewed. Two dominant research threads are evident in, the chapters of this book. While clearly distinguishable, they are inescapably en­ twined. One is concerned with x-ray processes as probes for the study of solid-state effects, the other with the measurement and interpretation of inner-shell and bremsstrahlung processes in iso­ lated systems. In the first, a given material is made the target in an x-ray tube; in the second, free atoms form the target while a solid material can be used when the effect of the solid environ­ ment on the excitation processes is negligible. Thus, although inner-shell ionization is predominantly concerned with atoms and x-ray processes with the solid state, there are large regions of overlap which have arisen when a given research technique has de­ veloped from studies in both areas. To bring out these features we have arranged the chapters in the order: atomic, solid-state, chemical.

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Particle-Photon Coincidences and Ion-Impact Studies in Inner-Shell Excitation.- Inner-Shell Excitation Investigation by Particle-Photon Coincidences.- K-Shell Ionization by Light Ions: Comparison Between Published Cross Sections and Theories.- K-Shell Ionization Cross-Sections by Low-Energy Charged Particles.- Coulomb Retardation and Energy-Loss Effects in Ion-Induced K-Shell Ionization.- L-Shell Ionization of Gold by Heavy-Ion Impact.- Three-Component Model Analysis of C1 Projectile Hypersatellite K X-Ray Intensities vs C Foil Thickness.- An Analytical Expression for the Energy Differential PWBA K-Shell Ionization Cross Section.- A Simple Manner to Take into Account the Correct Limits of Integration in PWBA.- A Closed Formula for Low Velocity K-Shell Ionization Cross Section and the Universal Function in PWBA.- Heavy-Ion Impact Inner-Shell Excitation.- Inner-Shell Excitation in Very-Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions.- Cross Section for L-Shell Excitation in 6-40keV Ar+-SiH4 Collisions.- K-Shell Excitation Mechanism in Close Impact Parameter Collisions Between Ni Ions and Ni, Zr, Ag, Te and Au Targets.- X-Ray Production Cross Section for a Thin Solid Be-Target with Light Ions.- Outer Shell Projectile Ionization in Very Fast Heavy Ion Collisions.- Angular Correlation in Inner-Shell Processes.- Angular Correlation in Inner-Shell Processes.- Influence of Coulomb Deflection on L3-Subshell Alignment.- Measurements of the Angular Distribution of K-Shell Photoelectrons at Photon Energies of 1384 and 6756KeV for Z=92.- Particle-Impact Resonant and Auger Effects.- Relativity: X-Ray and Auger Transitions.- Autoionization of Helium Induced by Heavy Ion Impact.- Recent Results on Radiative Electron Capture.- Heavy-Ion Collisions and Multiple Ionization.- Molecular Orbital X-Ray Emission in Heavy Ion Collisions.- Multiple Ionization and Excitation Processes in Single Ion-Atom Collisions.- Selective Electron Capture into Highly Charged Ions Studied by X-Rays and Auger Electrons.- Charge States of Ne and Ar Ions Scattered to Large Angles by Ar Atoms for Collision Energies up to 3.0 MeV.- Krypton K?/K? Intensity Ratios for 6 MEV/AMU Ion Bombardment.- K?/K? Intensity Ratio of Si Induced by Proton Bombardment.- Fine and Hyperfine Structure in the Angular Distribution of Electrons from Autionising States.- Particle-Impact Condensed Matter and Chemical Effects.- Mechanisms for Energy Shifts in Atomic K X-Ray Spectra.- Coherent Absorption and Emission Processes of Energetic Particles Penetrating Crystals.- Target Thickness Dependence of K X-Ray Production Cross Sections in 80-150 MeV Cu + C, Al, Cu, Ag Collisions.- In Search of Collective Electron Emission from Heavy Ion Solid Collisions.- Projectile and Target X-Ray Energy Shifts in Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions.- Alignment of Fast Molecular Ions.- Chemical Effect on Ion-Induced L X-Ray Spectra of Transition Elements.- Relativistic Many-Electron SCF Correlation Diagram for Pb-Pb.- The Experimental Relative Intensity K?/K? in Elements with Z = 52,55,56.- The Experimental Relative Intensity L?4/L?6 for Gold As a Function of the Excitation Voltage.- Experimental Relative Intensity Ratios of the Transitions L1 ? N2 and L1 ? N3, in Elements with Z > 57.- Theory of Particle-Impact Vacancy Production.- X-Ray Spectroscopy of Superheavy Quasimolecules.- Relativistic Effects in the 2s-2p Excitation of Hydrogenic Ions by Proton Impact.- The Coherent Coulomb Ionisation of the 1s? Molecular Orbital in Slow Asymmetric Collisions (I) The Integrated Cross Section.- The Coherent Coulomb Ionisation of the 1s? Molecular Orbital in Slow Asymmetric Collisions (II) Comparison with Experiment.- The Double-Excitation of the Li 1s(2s2p 1P)2P Term by Proton Impact.- A One and a Half Centered Expansion for Ion-Atom Collisions.- Theory of Inner-Shell Vacancies in Atoms and Ionization Accompanying Nuclear Decay.- The Creation and Decay of Inner-Shell Vacancies as a Single Scattering Process.- Theory of Multi-State Rotational Coupling Relevant to Inner-Shell Excitation.- Many-Body Effects in the L2,3 X-Ray and Auger Spectra of Argon.- Inner-Shell Ionization in ? Decay.- Near Threshold Structure in the Atomic K-Shell Spectra for Ionization by Photons or Fast Charged Particles.- Universal Cross Sections for K-Shell Ionization by Low-Velocity Protons: Importance of Relativistic and Energy-Loss Effects.- Two-Electron One-Photon K X-Ray Decay Rate for Ni.- Contributions of the Relativistic Current-Current Interactions to the Decay of the 1s2s2p 4P J = 1/2 and 3/2 Levels.- Internal Ionization Accompanying the Electron Capture Decay of Argon-37.- Double Internal Bremsstrahlung in the L-Electron Capture Decay of 37Ar.- Towards a Complete Theory of K Electron Ejection During ? Decay: An Examination of the Direct Collision Mechanism.- K-Shell Ionisation in the Positron Decay Branch of 64Cu.- Inner-Shell Rearrangement (Exchange Correction) in Internal Conversion.- Double Electron Ejection in the Decay of 113mIn.- Inner-Shell Vacancies by Electron Impact.- Two-Parameter Coincidence Measurements of Bremsstrahlung Electron-Electron Bremmstrahlung and K-Shell Ionisation for 300-keV Electron Impact.- 3d Auger and 3p Coster-Kronig Spectrum of Free Rubidium Atoms.- L Subshell Ionization Cross Sections of Free Xenon Atoms by Electron Impact at Low Energies.- Near K-Ionization Threshold Auger Electron Measurements for Neon Under Electron Impact.- Inner-Shell Ionization by Relativistic Electron Impact: Density Effect, Fluorescence Yield and Multiple Ionization.- L-Subshell Ionization of Gold by Low Energy Electrons.- Impact Parameter Dependence in Inner-Shell Ionization.- K-Shell Excitation in Nearly Symmetric Ion-Atom Collisions at Large Scattering Angles.- Impact-Parameter Dependence of Ar L-Shell Excitation in Slow Ar-Ar Collisions.- Ionization of the 3do State and K-L Vacancy Sharing in Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions.- The Influence of the Nuclear Lifetime on Innershell Ionisation in the Case of Resonant Proton Capture.- Prompt and Time-Delayed Electron Decay-in-Flight Spectra of Gas Excited Carbon Ions.- Impact Parameter Dependence of K-Shell Ionization in Collisions of Cu Ions with Cu, Ge and Ag Atoms.- Bremsstrahlung Emission and Compton Scattering.- Electron Bremsstrahlung X80: Theory and Recent Developments.- On the Z-Dependence of Bremsstrahlung Cross Sections.- Atomic Field Bremsstrahlung - Comparison Between Theory and Experiment.- Calculation of Positron Bremmstrahlung Cross Sections.- Rayleigh Scattering at X-Ray Energies.- Inner-Shell Photoionization and Auger Emission.- I…