particle radiation consisting of particles of non-zero rest energy, such as alpha radiation (α), beta radiation (β), proton radiation and neutron radiation acoustic...

In physics, electromagnetic radiation (EMR) consists of waves of the electromagnetic (EM) field, which propagate through space and carry momentum and...

Radiation therapy or radiotherapy (RT, RTx, or XRT) is a treatment using ionizing radiation, generally provided as part of cancer therapy to either kill...

Blackbody radiation is also called thermal radiation, cavity radiation, complete radiation or temperature radiation. Black-body radiation has a characteristic...

Hawking radiation is the theoretical emission released outside a black hole's event horizon. This is counterintuitive because once ordinary electromagnetic...

Cherenkov radiation (/tʃəˈrɛŋkɒf/) (also known as Čerenkov radiation) is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as an electron)...

Terahertz radiation – also known as submillimeter radiation, terahertz waves, tremendously high frequency (THF), T-rays, T-waves, T-light, T-lux or THz –...

Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have...

The Van Allen radiation belt is a zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around...

Thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation emitted by the thermal motion of particles in matter. All matter with a temperature greater than absolute...