Auger-electron
a nonradiative process in which an atom in an excited state undergoes a transition to a lower state by the emission of a bound electron (auger electron) rather than by the emission of an x-ray.
noun
the spontaneous emission of an electron instead of a photon by an excited ion as a result of a vacancy being filled in an inner electron sh-ll
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