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Auger transition
subject			fact

Auger transition	has definition A radiationless quantum jump that occurs in the X-ray region. When a K-electron is removed from an atom and an L-electron drops into the vacancy in the K-shell, the energy released in the latter transition goes not into radiation, but into the liberation of one of the remaining L-electrons.
	is a kind of ionization
ionization	has antonym recombination
atomic process	has domain atomic physics
event	has duration
	has synonym world point
	has time of occurrence

Kinds of Auger transition :

• Coster-Kronig transition (2 facts) - An Auger transition in which the vacancy is filled by an electron from a higher subshell of the same shell.