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beamstrahlung

noun

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from Bremsstrahlung
  2. compounded as beamstrahlung — “beam + bremsstrahlung”

Definitions

  1. The radiation from one beam of charged particles in a storage ring or linear collider…

    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.

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