beamstrahlung
Meanings
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.
Word forms
Etymology
Blend of beam + bremsstrahlung, coined by John Rees in 1978.
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