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    Undergrad Looking for info on Bremsstrahlung

    Hello, I'm looking for any information on bremsstrahlung in a vacuum (or near vacuum). I've been trying to look for some information on google and in my school's physics library. The one book I found in the library was checked out so I couldn't actually look at it, but it looked like the book...
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    Learning ROOT for Research: A Beginner's Guide

    I haven't started the research yet, the professor basically handed me a C++ book and told me to learn to use ROOT then get back to him. I've been trying to get an example problem form him but he has been busy so I don't really have a direction to work towards. I guess I'm trying to figure out...
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    Learning ROOT for Research: A Beginner's Guide

    Thanks Norman, I'm not very familiar with Linux, it was hard enough to get Root installed. In all honesty, this is one of the first times I've really had to teach myself something without any real guidance. Should I try to understand some basic Linux/Unix first then try to work my way up to...
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    Learning ROOT for Research: A Beginner's Guide

    and thanks for the welcome :)
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    Learning ROOT for Research: A Beginner's Guide

    Thanks for the link, I must have overlooked it before. Any other links are also appreciated. If there are phrases that I don't understand, how do I know if it is Unix or C++? such as: "$ cat myMacro.cxx" I think the myMacro.cxx is referring to a C++ file, but the '$ cat' is unfamiliar to me...
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    Learning ROOT for Research: A Beginner's Guide

    Hello, this is my frist thread so I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, but the other forums didn't seem to be as relevant. I'm trying to get a research position over the summer and I need to teach myself how to use Root, I have programming experience with Java (although it has been a...