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It is my understanding that if an electron decelerates during an encounter with a 'heavy target nucleus', the energy lost by the electron is converted to an x-ray.
The book I'm using says that 'the target nucleus is so massive that the energy it acquires during the collision can safely be neglected'. Why is this? Why doesn't the nucleus take the energy that the electron lost?
The book I'm using says that 'the target nucleus is so massive that the energy it acquires during the collision can safely be neglected'. Why is this? Why doesn't the nucleus take the energy that the electron lost?