photoelectric absorption
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photoelectric absorption
[¦fōd·ō·i′lek·trik əb′sȯrp·shən] (electronics)
Absorption of photons in one of the several photoelectric effects.
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Thus, the unrenormalized Scofield
photoelectric absorption cross sections are currently used in XCOM.
With the help of this software it is also possible to obtain partial cross sections for
photoelectric absorption, scattering (incoherent and coherent), and pair production.
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