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inverse bremsstrahlung comparison table

Subject	changes property	has definition	has domain	has inverse process	has synonym	is a kind of	has antonym
absorption	intensity	Decrease in the intensity of radiation, representing energy converted into excitation or ionization of electrons in the region through which the radiation travels. As contrasted with monochromatic scattering (in which reemission occurs in all directions at the same frequency), the inverse process of emission refers to radiation that is reemitted in general in all directions and at all frequencies.	optics	emission		radiation intensity modification
free-free transition		The acceleration of an unbound (or free) electron by a proton or atomic nucleus results in the emission of electromagnetic radiation.	atomic physics		world point	atomic process
inverse bremsstrahlung	intensity	Absorption of a photon by an electron in the field of a nucleus.	atomic physics	emission	world point	absorption	bremsstrahlung

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