English Explanatory Dictionary

Bragg peak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A maximum in the graph of energy loss of a high-energy particle, as it travels through matter, just before it comes to rest.

Word forms

Bragg peak Bragg peaks

Etymology

For William Henry Bragg, English physicist.

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