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particle radiation consists of
particles of non-zero rest energy, such as
alpha radiation (α), beta
radiation (β),
proton radiation and
neutron radiation acoustic...
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Cherenkov radiation (/tʃəˈrɛŋkɒf/) (also
known as Čerenkov or
Cerenkov radiation) is
electromagnetic radiation emitted when a
charged particle (such as...
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Radiation therapy or
radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a
treatment using ionizing radiation,
generally provided as part of
cancer therapy to
either kill...
- Black-body
radiation is the
thermal electromagnetic radiation within, or surrounding, a body in
thermodynamic equilibrium with its environment, emitted...
- In physics,
electromagnetic radiation (EMR)
consists of
waves of the
electromagnetic (EM) field,
which propagate through space and
carry momentum and...
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Ionizing radiation (US) (or
ionising radiation [UK]),
including nuclear radiation,
consists of
subatomic particles or
electromagnetic waves that have sufficient...
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Terahertz radiation – also
known as
submillimeter radiation,
terahertz waves,
tremendously high
frequency (THF), T-rays, T-waves, T-light, T-lux or THz –...
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Hawking radiation is the
theoretical thermal black-body
radiation released outside a
black hole's
event horizon. This is
counterintuitive because once...
- The
history of
radiation protection begins at the turn of the 19th and 20th
centuries with the
realization that
ionizing radiation from
natural and artificial...
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Acute radiation syndrome (ARS), also
known as
radiation sickness or
radiation poisoning, is a
collection of
health effects that are
caused by
being exposed...
