Nuclear excitation by the inelastic photoelectric effect

The possibility of a nucleus being excited during an interaction involving an incident photon, a bound orbital electron, and the nucleus has been investigated. In this inelastic photoelectric effect the angular distribution of the ejected photoelectrons has been calculated and the dependence of the total cross section on the photon energy and the nuclear excitation energy has been investigated.

NUCLEAR REACTIONS Calculated probability of nuclear excitation in interaction involving incident photon and bound atomic electron. Dependence of $\sigma$ on $Z$, $E_{\gamma }$, and photoelectron emission angle $\theta$ studied.