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bremsstrahlung

bremsstrahlung

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Radiation like X-rays that appears when a fast charged particle slows near the center of an atom
  • noun
  • /ˈbrɛmʃtrɑːlʊŋ/
  • Specialized
: radiación de frenado
  • The electron beam emits radiation known as bremsstrahlung as it passes close to the atomic nucleus.
  • coherent bremsstrahlung
  • bremsstrahlung beams
  • bremsstrahlung photons

Examples

  • In this technique, the electron beam is directed onto a thin target and emits photons by bremsstrahlung.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The group fit the emission spectrum with a thermal bremsstrahlung distribution and estimated a temperature of one million degrees.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The gray curve is for bremsstrahlung in a noncrystalline target.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Coherent bremsstrahlung beams are now being used at several laboratories.

    Academic text (2005)
  • After hole theory was formulated, his calculations of cross sections for pair production and bremsstrahlung became classics.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Points inside the pancake contribute coherently to the bremsstrahlung cross section.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Coherent bremsstrahlung in crystals provides a powerful extension of this natural polarization technique.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The bremsstrahlung spectrum is continuous, with photon energy k cutting off at E - mc.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The energy spectrum and polarization for coherent bremsstrahlung can be calculated from quantum electrodynamics and the known crystal structure of the target.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Bremsstrahlung, literally "braking radiation," occurs when an electron radiates a photon in the Coulomb field of a nucleus.

    Academic text (2005)

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Etymology

Bremsstrahlung comes from German parts brems- meaning 'brake' or 'slow down', like the English word brake, and -strahlung meaning 'radiation' or 'ray'. So it literally means 'braking radiation', the rays produced when a charged particle is suddenly slowed near an atom.