Editing Synchrotron function (section)

== Use in astrophysics ==

In [[astrophysics]], x is usually a ratio of frequencies, that is, the frequency over a critical frequency (critical frequency is the frequency at which most [[synchrotron radiation]] is radiated).  This is needed when calculating the spectra for different types of synchrotron emission.  It takes a spectrum of electrons (or any charged particle) generated by a separate process (such as a power law distribution of electrons and positrons from a constant injection spectrum) and converts this to the spectrum of photons generated by the input electrons/positrons.