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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

laser à électrons libres X

English translation:

X-ray free-electron laser

Added to glossary by Louisa Tchaicha
Nov 10, 2011 08:52
12 yrs ago
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French term

laser à électrons libres X

French to English Science Physics procédé de génération d'u
Good morning,

"Selon une première variante de laser à électrons libres X, l’accélérateur porte les électrons à des énergies de l’ordre de 10GeV et l’ondulateur est de nature magnétique"

X free electron laser, X-ray free electron laser ?

Please help!
Thank you
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 X-ray free-electron laser

Discussion

Ronald van Riet Nov 10, 2011:
I have seen that before when it's clear that X-rays are meant, I have seen the word raoyn omitted before. IMHO the context shows that it does apply to X-ray lasers.
Louisa Tchaicha (asker) Nov 10, 2011:
@Ronald van Riet ah so it doesn't matter that the French hasn't put "rayons X"

Proposed translations

+5
18 mins
Selected

X-ray free-electron laser

see referenced URLs from very respectable sources
Reference:

http://ssrl.slac.stanford.edu/stohr/xfels.pdf

http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091007/full/461708a.html

Note from asker:
Thank you :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Bashiqa : Don't think you need the hyphen between free electron.
20 mins
agree chris collister : And who would argue with the eggheads at Stanford?
23 mins
agree writeaway : so you agree with Asker's own suggestion?
29 mins
agree M.A.B. : "The devices, called X-ray free-electron lasers, produce flashes of X-ray light with angstrom-level wavelengths — small and coherent enough to image individual atoms. The flashes are also more intense than any created before — stuffed with enough photons"
2 hrs
agree Nigel Wheatley : with the hyphen in free-electron to make it clear that it's the electrons that are free and not the laser (which is probably very expensive and/or bolted down)
8 hrs
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