In the photorecombination process or photoionization process, there is a radiation damping effect in these two processes, which can reduce the cross section of the resonant position.
I want to know what is radiation damping effect ?
For a concretely example, in the photorecombination process of C V ion, the reaction equation can be written as follows
1s2 + e --> 1s22s + hv
and
1s2 + e --> 1s 2l 2l’ --> 1s22s + hv
Thanks very much.