synchrotron radiation
noun
: radiation emitted by high-energy charged relativistic particles (such as electrons) when they are accelerated by a magnetic field (as in a nebula)
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Perhaps that synchrotron radiation is being powered by a magnetar, the team believes, which is a highly magnetic pulsar.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Cosmic Cartography Scientists typically find cosmic magnetic fields by studying synchrotron radiation — radio emissions produced as a magnetic field bends the path of electrons traveling close to the speed of light.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
Rather than revealing shock waves and hot gas, the JWST images show features arising from the Crab's dust and its synchrotron radiation.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
The synchrotron radiation imaging was detailed enough that the species that the trilobite had been eating could be identified.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
The ions gyrate around the SMBH magnetic field lines, producing synchrotron radiation at many wavelengths.
—science.org, 25 Apr. 2023
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Cosmic Cartography Scientists typically find cosmic magnetic fields by studying synchrotron radiation — radio emissions produced as a magnetic field bends the path of electrons traveling close to the speed of light.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
Rather than revealing shock waves and hot gas, the JWST images show features arising from the Crab's dust and its synchrotron radiation.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
The synchrotron radiation imaging was detailed enough that the species that the trilobite had been eating could be identified.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
The ions gyrate around the SMBH magnetic field lines, producing synchrotron radiation at many wavelengths.
—science.org, 25 Apr. 2023
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