制せい動どう輻ふく射しゃ

noun

bremsstrahlung; braking radiation

Technical physics term for electromagnetic radiation produced when a charged particle, especially an electron, is decelerated by the electric field of an atomic nucleus. Also known as braking radiation. Cross-referenced with 制動放射, which is a synonym.

See also: 制動放射

• X線せん管かんでは、高こう速そく電でん子しがターゲットに衝しょう突とつして制せい動どう輻ふく射しゃが発はっ生せいする。

  In an X-ray tube, bremsstrahlung is produced when high-speed electrons hit the target.

• 制せい動どう輻ふく射しゃは、電でん子しが原げん子し核かくの近ちかくを通つう過かするときに強つよく放ほう出しゅつされる。

  Bremsstrahlung is strongly emitted when an electron passes close to an atomic nucleus.