X-rays from free electrons

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published by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

This NASA webpage provides a description of three ways that the acceleration of free electrons can produce electromagnetic radiation. Each method is illustrated by a diagram. Numerous links define terms and provide further information.

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.h...

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Electricity & Magnetism - Electromagnetic Radiation	- Informal Education - High School	- Reference Material = Article - Audio/Visual = Image/Image Set

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: Acceleration, brehmsstrahlung, charged particle, synchrotron radiation
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created March 26, 2012 by Ed Lee
Record Updated:: August 9, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 1, 2010

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=11761">NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. X-rays from free electrons. Greenbelt: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, October 1, 2010.</a>

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(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2006), WWW Document, (https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.html).

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X-rays from free electrons (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, 2006), <https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.html>.

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X-rays from free electrons. (2010, October 1). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.html

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. X-rays from free electrons. Greenbelt: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, October 1, 2010. https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.html (accessed 1 May 2025).

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X-rays from free electrons. Greenbelt: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 2006. 1 Oct. 2010. 1 May 2025 <https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/xray_generation_el.html>.

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