Pierre Victor Auger

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Pierre Victor Auger was a French physicist known for his significant contributions to the field of cosmic rays. The most notable achievement associated with his name is the Auger effect, which refers to a process in which an excited atom releases its excess energy by transferring it to another atom, causing the latter to emit an electron. This phenomenon is fundamental in understanding atomic and molecular photophysics.

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