g-shell ionization of elements, sP to 28Ni for 0.4 to 3.$ Mev/amu '5B-ion bombardment

ionization and electron-capture theories by means of fluorescence yields corrected for multiple-ionization effects. The dominant contribution to K-vacancy production for these projectile-target combinations is believed . be direct ionization. Electron capture is expected to be important only for the lighter target elements and then primarily at the higher velocities. The direct-ionization theories employed were the binaryencounter approximation and the plane-wave Born approximation (PWBA) both of which overestimated the experimental data especially at the lower incident ion velocities. The PWBA was modified for increased target-electron binding, Coulomb deflection of the incident ion, polarization of the target-electron wave functions due to the passage of the incident ion, and relativistic target-electron velocities. The experimental data were found to agree quite well with the sum of the theoretical predictions of the modified PWBA and electron capture.