bremsstrahlung
- noun
- /ˈbrɛmʃtrɑːlʊŋ/
- Specialized
- The electron beam emits radiation known as bremsstrahlung as it passes close to the atomic nucleus.
- coherent bremsstrahlung
- bremsstrahlung beams
- bremsstrahlung photons
Examples
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In this technique, the electron beam is directed onto a thin target and emits photons by bremsstrahlung.
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The group fit the emission spectrum with a thermal bremsstrahlung distribution and estimated a temperature of one million degrees.
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The gray curve is for bremsstrahlung in a noncrystalline target.
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Coherent bremsstrahlung beams are now being used at several laboratories.
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After hole theory was formulated, his calculations of cross sections for pair production and bremsstrahlung became classics.
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Points inside the pancake contribute coherently to the bremsstrahlung cross section.
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Coherent bremsstrahlung in crystals provides a powerful extension of this natural polarization technique.
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The bremsstrahlung spectrum is continuous, with photon energy k cutting off at E - mc.
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The energy spectrum and polarization for coherent bremsstrahlung can be calculated from quantum electrodynamics and the known crystal structure of the target.
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Bremsstrahlung, literally "braking radiation," occurs when an electron radiates a photon in the Coulomb field of a nucleus.
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Surface Forms
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.