beamstrahlung
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