● Bremsstrahlung radiation is electromagnetic radiation that is produced when
charged particles are deflected (decelerated) while traveling near an atomic nucleus.
• Bremsstrahlung is almost exclusively associated with electrons (beta particles)
because the latter are easily deflected.
• Large particles (e.g., alpha particles) do not produce significant bremsstrahlung
because they travel in straight lines. Since they aren’t deflected to any real extent,
bremsstrahlung production is insignificant.
• Bremsstrahlung photons may have any energy up to the energy of the incident
particle.
• Bremmstrahlung is most intense when:
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