electron beam
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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
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Because of the much smaller wavelength of the electron beam, resolution is far higher.
Characteristic X-rays are emitted when the electron beam removes an inner shell electron from the sample, causing a higher-energy electron to fill the shell and release energy.
Dedicated backscattered electron detectors are positioned above the sample in a "doughnut" type arrangement, concentric with the electron beam, maximizing the solid angle of collection.
Electron therapy can treat such skin lesions as basal-cell carcinomas because an electron beam only penetrates to a limited depth before being absorbed, typically up to 5 cm for electron energies in the range 5–20 MeV.
Extreme cases will show marked brightness increases, since the electron beam spends more time on that side of the picture.
In his method that had been patented in Saratov in 1925, Boris Grabovsky proposed a new principle of the TV imaging based on the vertical and horizontal electron beam sweeping under high voltage.