The document discusses X-ray production via Bremsstrahlung radiation. Electrons incident on a high-Z target metal are decelerated, causing them to lose kinetic energy which is emitted as electromagnetic radiation. The maximum photon energy, hnmax, produced is equal to the incident electron's initial kinetic energy. This process results in a continuous X-ray spectrum. If the target contains bound electrons, some photons emitted may be of discrete wavelengths corresponding to electron transitions in the target atom, resulting in a line spectrum superimposed on the continuous Bremsstrahlung spectrum.
