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Problems involving the interaction of radiation with matter occur in a wide variety of fields including among others astrophysics, atmospheric electricity, and the ionospheric layers at high altitudes. In addition laboratory studies on the conduction of electricity through gases frequently must concern themselves with the participation of photons in certain events. In each case the individual problems differ widely, and of all processes by which radiation may exchange energy with matter, this article will be limited to a discussion of the present state of our knowledge on A). the photoionization in gases and B). the phenomena of the external photoelectric effect.
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Loeb, L. B.: Basic Processes in Gaseous Electronics. Berkeley: University of California Press 1955. Chapter 9 is particularly illuminating with respect to secondary processes in electrical discharges through gases.
A. Photoionization in gases
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Bates, D. R.: Mon. Not. Roy. Astronom. Soc. 106, 423, 432 (1946). These papers outline the general theoretical approach towards calculations of photoionization cross sections for atomic systems. They include references to previous work and summarize all calculated cross sections for neutral atoms and positive and negative ions from Li to Ne.
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B. Photoelectric emission from solids
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Weissler, G.L. (1956). Photoionization in gases and photoelectric emission from solids. In: Electron-Emission Gas Discharges I / Elektronen-Emission Gasentladungen I. Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik, vol 4 / 21. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45844-6_4
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