Very interesting! In the references I read on alpha particle shielding they didn't mention the possibility of any shielding materials generating x-rays as a by-product of alpha particle "absorption." Do you think that's just because the amount of alpha particle energy converted to x-rays is...
This is probably a naive question, but I've been trying for awhile to figure it out myself and just don't have the background to do so. I know that beta particles can generate x-rays through bremsstrahlung processes, and that some materials excited by alpha particles can generate light through...