| Issue |
A&A
Volume 406, Number 1, July IV 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 31 - 35 | |
| Section | Astrophysical processes | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20030782 | |
| Published online | 17 November 2003 | |
Proton-electron bremsstrahlung
Institut für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Universität Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, Germany
Corresponding author: haug@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
Received:
16
May
2003
Accepted:
22
May
2003
The collision of energetic protons with free electrons is accompanied by the emission of bremsstrahlung. If the target electrons are approximately at rest, this process is designated electron-proton bremsstrahlung or suprathermal proton bremsstrahlung. The kinematics and the fully relativistic cross section of proton-electron bremsstrahlung in Born approximation is given. The X-ray spectrum produced by protons with a power-law spectrum is calculated for thin and thick targets.
Key words: radiation mechanisms: nonthermal / X-rays: general
© ESO, 2003
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