beamstrahlung
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of beam + bremsstrahlung, coined by John Rees in 1978. [1]
Noun[edit]
beamstrahlung (uncountable)
- (physics) 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.
References[edit]
- ^ "Limitations on Performance of e+ e- Storage Rings and Linear Colliding Beam Systems at High Energy," http://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C781015/pdf/009.pdf