Bremsstrahlung: An experimentalist's personal perspective on the postmodern era

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-169

  Quarles, C A ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bremsstrahlung

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; POLARIZATION;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG;

ELECTRON IRRADIATION;

ION;

BREMS RADIATION; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; FILM; GAS; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; REVIEW; SOLID; THEORY;

EID: 0034257124     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00287-5     Document Type: Article

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