Bragg peak

English

Etymology

For William Henry Bragg, English physicist.

Noun

Bragg peak (plural Bragg peaks)

  1. (physics) A maximum in the graph of energy loss of a high-energy particle, as it travels through matter, just before it comes to rest.
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