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	Topics Siegbahn notation Topic Home The Siegbahn notation is used in X-ray spectroscopyX-ray spectroscopy X-ray spectroscopy is a gathering name for several spectroscopic techniques for determining the electronic structure of mate... to name the spectral lines that are characteristic to elements. It was created by Manne SiegbahnManne Siegbahn Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 for his discoveries and r... . The characteristic lines in X-ray emission spectra correspond to electronic transitions where an electron jumps down to an unfilled level in one of the inner shells of an atom. Such a hole in en inner shell may have been produced by bombardment with electrons in an X-ray tubeX-ray tube An X-Ray tube is a vacuum tube designed to produce man made X-Ray photons on demand.... , by other particles as in PIXEFacts About PIXE PIXE is a technique used in the determining of the elemental make-up of a material or sample.... , by other X-rays in X-ray fluorescenceX-ray fluorescence X-ray fluorescence is the phenomenon where a material is exposed to X-rays of high energy, and as the X-ray strikes an atom... or by radioactive decay of the atom's nucleus. The table below show the correspondence between the name of a few lines and the electronic levels. This notation is widely used in spectroscopy, but the IUPAC recommends another notation. See also Moseley's lawMoseley's law Moseley's law is an empirical law concerning the characteristic electromagnetic spectrum that is emitted or absorbed by atom...