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beamstrahlung

beamstrahlung noun: the radiation from one beam of charged particles in a storage ring or linear collider caused by its interaction with the electromagnetic field of the other beam.

Noun

beamstrahlung (uncountable)

  1. The radiation from one beam of charged particles in a storage ring or linear collider caused by its interaction with the electromagnetic field of the other beam.

Origin of beamstrahlung

Blend of beam + bremsstrahlung, coined by John Rees in 1978.

Questions about beamstrahlung

What does beamstrahlung mean?
Beamstrahlung means the radiation from one beam of charged particles in a storage ring or linear collider caused by its interaction with the electromagnetic field of the other beam.
What part of speech is beamstrahlung?
Beamstrahlung is a noun.

Words near beamstrahlung in the dictionary

  1. beamsteering
  2. beamster
  3. beamsters
  4. beamstop
  5. beamstops
  6. beamstrahlung
  7. beamtime
  8. beamtimes
  9. beamtrain
  10. beamtrains
  11. beamwalk

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