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Threshold Behaviour of Ionization Cross-Sections

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Electron Impact Ionization

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A relationship that is well-known in atomic physics is the Wannier law

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Read, F.H. (1985). Threshold Behaviour of Ionization Cross-Sections. In: Märk, T.D., Dunn, G.H. (eds) Electron Impact Ionization. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4028-4_3

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