beamstrahlung

English

Etymology

Blend of beam +‎ bremsstrahlung, coined by John Rees in 1978. [1]

Noun

beamstrahlung (uncountable)

  1. (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
  1. "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
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