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Abstract
The electron emission and luminescence associated with the plastic deformation of ionic crystals have been studied. It is concluded that these phenomena can be attributed to thermally activated intersections between edge dislocations lying on oblique slip planes. Dislocation intersections of this kind are shown to result in colour centre generation; recombination of the centres gives rise to the deformation-induced electron emission and luminescence.