Characteristic X-rays are produced due to
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When the high energy electron hits the target and takes out an electron from the inner orbit, there is a possibility of an outer electron to fall down to fill up that vacancy. And when such a transition of electron takes place from a higher energy level to a lower energy level, the difference of energy between the two levels is given off in the form of radiation known as characteristic X-rays.
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