Synchrotron Function
In mathematics the synchrotron functions are defined as follows (for x ≥ 0):
- First synchrotron function
- Second synchrotron function
where Kj is the modified Bessel function of the second kind. The function F(x) is shown on the right, as the output from a plot in Mathematica.
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