Auger Effect Definition
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noun
The excitation of electrons within an atom initiated by the absorption of energy and accompanied by the emission of an electron.
Webster's New World
The secondary emission of an electron following the ionisation of a core electron of an atom.
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Origin of Auger Effect
From Pierre Victor Auger (1899–1993), French physicist.
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