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== 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 emssionemission. It takes a spectrum of electrons (or any charged particle) generated by a seperateseparate 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.

For further information, see ''High Energy Astrophysics'', Malcolm S. Longair, CUP, 1990.