counterstreamers

A form of counterstreamer — A particle that moves against a stream of oppositely-charged particles

Scrabble 20

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of counterstreamer

    This indicates that the electrons producing the X-rays are also accelerated at this location, that could be in the strong electric field from counterstreamers of opposite polarity.

    2016, N. Østgaard, B. E. Carlson, R. S. Nisi, T. Gjesteland, Ø. Grøndahl, A. Skeltved, N. G. Lehtinen, A. Mezentsev, M. Marisaldi, P. Kochkin, “Relativistic electrons from sparks in the laboratory”, in arXiv
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