photoionization
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thumb|300px|Photoionization is the process that makes once-invisible filaments in deep space glow.
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Cross section
- Multi-photon ionization
- Tunnel ionization
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|300px|Photoionization is the process that makes once-invisible filaments in deep space glow.
Photoionization is the physical process in which an ion is formed from the interaction of a photon with an atom or molecule.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “photoionization” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.