Cyclotron radiation: Electromagnetic radiation emitted when charged particles are moved within a magnetic field at non-relativistic speeds (i.e., not close to the speed of light).
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cyclotron radiation The electromagnetic radiation emitted by charged particles as they orbit in a magnetic field. The radiation arises from the centripetal acceleration of the particle as it moves in a circular orbit. See Larmor orbit.
Synchrotron radiation is electromagnetic radiation, similar to cyclotron radiation, but generated by the acceleration of Ultrarelativistic limit charged particles through magnetic fields....
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Deceleration of a free charged particle, such as an electron, can produce visible radiation: cyclotron radiation, synchrotron radiation, and bremsstrahlung radiation are all examples of this.
synchrotron light or cyclotron radiation
Section on Bremsstrahlung losses in the article on nuclear fusion
Section on History in the article on X-rays
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charge, m is the particle (electron) mass, and c is the speed of light. Cyclotron and synchrotron radiation are strongly polarized; detection of polarization is regarded as strong observational evidence for synchrotron or cyclotron radiation.
In the case of cyclotron radiation, the collision will actually change the phase of the radiation. For many collisions, this has the effect of broadening the observed frequencies by an amount equal to the collision rate.
 See also: Field, Electron, Velocity, Wavelength, Energy
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