Up-down asymmetry in the relativistic (e, 2e) processes for K-shell ionization of Cu, Ag and Au atoms

We present in this communication a theoretical demonstration of up-down asymmetry in the relativistic (e, 2e) process for K-shell ionization of Cu, Ag and Au atoms. The theoretical formalism has been developed in plane wave Born approximation and in this approximation the triple differential cross section (TDCS) has been expressed in terms of a product of kinematical factors and atomic structure functions. The up-down asymmetry in the relativistic (e, 2e) process on K-shell of atoms has been shown to depend on the interference between the transition charge and component of the transition current perpendicular to the scattering plane. Further, the up-down asymmetry has been shown to depend on incident electron energy, atomic number of the target and scattering electron angle. (author)