Synchrotron radiation (Schwinger 1949)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the accelerator-physics subtree

Schwinger 1949: relativistic electron in B-field radiates dP/dOmega ~ gamma^2 sin^2 theta; characteristic frequency omega_c = 3 gamma^3 c / (2 R); basis of light-source storage rings.

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