Back أشعة دلتا Arabic ডেল্টা রশ্মি Bengali/Bangla Raigs delta Catalan Delta-Elektron German Rayos delta Spanish Deltasäteily Finnish Rayon δ French Delta zračenje Croatian Raggi delta Italian デルタ線 (放射線) Japanese
A delta ray is a secondary electron with enough energy to escape a significant distance away from the primary radiation beam and produce further ionization.[1]: 25 The term is sometimes used to describe any recoil particle caused by secondary ionization. The term was coined by J. J. Thomson.
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