Directional anisotropy of secondary-electron bremsstrahlung induced by proton bombardment of thin solid target

1 May 1977

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A

Vol. 15 (5) , 2126-2129
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.15.2126

Abstract

Directional anisotropy around 90° of bremsstrahlung due to secondary electrons ejected by MeV-proton bombardments on a thin Al foil was measured. It is shown that this behavior can be explained by the relativistic retardation effect in bremsstrahlung production.

Keywords

BEHAVIOR
ANISOTROPY
SECONDARY ELECTRONS
BREMSSTRAHLUNG
EJECTED
FOIL
RELATIVISTIC
MEV

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