bremsstrahlung

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/, /ˈbɹɛms.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/, /ˈbɹɛm.strɑ.ləŋ/, /-lʊŋ/, /-lʌŋ/ === Noun === bremsstrahlung (countable and uncountable, plural bremsstrahlungs) (physics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === synchrotron radiation