Coherent Radiation Sources. (=Topics in Current Physics; Volume 38).

Sáenz, A.W. und H. (Ed.) Überall:

ISBN 10: 3540155082 / ISBN 13: 9783540155089

Published by Springer-Verlag Berlin, 1985

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235 guter Zustand/good Ex-Library. With figures and tables. ha1054230 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Coherent Radiation Sources. (=Topics in Current Physics; Volume 38).
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540155082
• ISBN 13: 9783540155089
• Binding: Hardcover/ Pappband
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 510 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fachbücher - Naturwissenschaften

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Synopsis

Energetic electromagnetic radiation finds frequent uses in science (e. g. , for expe­ riments in nuclear and elementary - particle physics), in technology (for materials testing), and in medicine (for medical X-rays). The most common method of genera­ ting such radiation is via the process of "bremsstrahlung" (a German term coined by A. Sommerfeld, meaning "braking radiation") in which a beam of electrons is direc­ ted into matter (e. g. , a metal target), losing energy during its collisions with the atoms and releasing this energy in the form of emitted radiation. The character of such radiation may be drastically changed by the use of a tar­ get with periodic structure (most commonly, a crystal target). The coherent waves emitted from individual crystal atoms interfere with each other, monochromatizing and polarizing the radiation and often increasing its intensity manifold, thereby creating a powerful radiation source of high quality for purposes of scientific and technical applications. This is true both for the well - established "coherent bremsstrahlung" process in which the interfering radiation is emitted while the electrons cross a succession of crystal planes, as well as for the more recently discovered process of "channeling radiation" (generating radiation of even higher intensity, but lower energy) in which the radiation is emitted while the electrons propagate along a crystal plane, or a crystal axis, in an oscillatory fashion.