X-ray level

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An @ET07026@ occuring as the initial or final state of a process involving the absorption or emission of X-ray radiation. It represents a many-electron state which, in the purely atomic case, has total @A00353@ (\(J=L+S\)) as a well defined quantum number.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 735. (Nomenclature, symbols, units and their usage in spectrochemical analysis - VIII. Nomenclature system for X-ray spectroscopy (Recommendations 1991)) on page 737 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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