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MartinV05
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How does an electron that passes near an atom (near, but yet not that close to the nucleus) lose kinetic energy and releases an x-ray photon with energy equal to the amount of the lost energy. Shouldn't this interaction be an elastic one? I am not talking about an interaction with any of the atom's electrons, just passing by it and succumbing to the force field of the atom's nucleus. To be more precise I'm talking about the animation starting from 1:13 in this video: I hope someone replies soon :)
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