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IN recent work by Mr. A. M. Cassie and myself (now being prepared for publication), it has been possible to study some of the details of the process of ‘internal’ absorption of an X-ray by the atom in which it is excited. This type of absorption has played an important part in the elucidation of β- and γ-ray spectra, and has been fully discussed, notably by Ellis and Skinner in Great Britain, and by Meitner, de Broglie, Thibaud, and others. An excellent summary of the work on the X-ray side is to be found in Bothe's article in vol. 23 of the new Geiger and Scheel “Handbuch.”
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ROBINSON, H. X-Rays—Internal Absorption and ‘Spark’ Lines. Nature 118, 224 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118224a0
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