autodetachment

autodetachment

[‚ȯd·ō·di′tach·ment]
(atomic physics)
A process in which one of the excited electrons in a doubly excited state of a negative ion is ejected, while the other excited electron drop back to a lower energy level.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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