English Explanatory Dictionary

bremsstrahlung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/ /ˈbɹɛms.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/ /ˈbɹɛm.strɑ.ləŋ/ /-lʊŋ/ /-lʌŋ/

Word forms

bremsstrahlung bremsstrahlungs

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bremsstrahlung (“braking or deceleration radiation”), which had been coined in German by Arnold Sommerfeld from bremsen (“to brake”) + Strahlung (“radiation”) in 1909, and was first used in English by Arthur Edward Ruark and Harold Urey in 1930.

Related words

synchrotron radiation

Derived words

beamstrahlung gluonstrahlung Higgsstrahlung
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