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bremsstrahlung

Standard

ECSS-Q-ST-70-06C - Particle and UV radiation testing for space materials (31 July 2008)

Definition

high-energy electromagnetic radiation in the X-ray energy range emitted by charged particles slowing down by scattering off atomic nuclei

Notes

NOTE 1 The primary particle is ultimately absorbed while the bremsstrahlung can be highly penetrating. In space, the most common source of bremsstrahlung is electron scattering.
NOTE 2 Its energy is continuously distributed down from the energy of the incident particle.

Relations

ECSS-E-ST-10-12C — radiation
ECSS-E-ST-20-06C Rev.1 — radiation
ECSS-E-ST-10-04C Rev.1 — radiation

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