# Beam

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'''Beam''' may refer to:
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== Streams of particles or energy ==
*[Light beam](/source/Light_beam), or beam of light, a directional projection of light energy 
**[Laser beam](/source/Laser_beam)
*[Radio beam](/source/Radio_beam)
*[Particle beam](/source/Particle_beam), a stream of charged or neutral particles
**[Charged particle beam](/source/Charged_particle_beam), a spatially localized group of electrically charged particles
***[Cathode ray](/source/Cathode_ray), or electron beam or e-beam, streams of electrons observed in discharge tubes
***[X-ray](/source/X-ray) beam, a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation
**[Molecular beam](/source/Molecular_beam), a beam of particles moving at approximately equal velocities

==People==
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* [Beam (rapper)](/source/Beam_(rapper)) (born 1995), American hip hop artist
* [Alex Beam](/source/Alex_Beam) (born 1954), American writer and journalist
* [Alex Beam (baseball)](/source/Alex_Beam_(baseball)) (1869–1938), American baseball player
* [Alison Beam](/source/Alison_Beam),  American lawyer and lobbyist
* [Ann Beam](/source/Ann_Beam) (1944–2024), Canadian artist 
* [Anong Beam](/source/Anong_Beam), Canadian Ojibwe artist and curator
* [C. Arlen Beam](/source/C._Arlen_Beam) (1930–2025), American judge
* [C. Richard Beam](/source/C._Richard_Beam) (1925–2018), American lexicographer
* [Carl Beam](/source/Carl_Beam) (1943–2005), Indigenous Canadian artist
* [Cris Beam](/source/Cris_Beam), American writer
* [Dawn H. Beam](/source/Dawn_H._Beam) (born 1964), American judge
* [Drew Beam](/source/Drew_Beam) (born 2003), American baseball player
* [Ernie Beam](/source/Ernie_Beam) (1867–1918), American baseball player
* [Harry P. Beam](/source/Harry_P._Beam) (1892–1967), American politician
* [Herman Beam](/source/Herman_Beam) (1929–1980), American racecar driver
* [Jacob D. Beam](/source/Jacob_D._Beam) (1908–1993), American diplomat
* [James Beauregard Beam](/source/James_Beam) (1864–1947), American bourbon distiller
* [Joe Beam](/source/Joe_Beam), American sexologist and author
* [John Beam](/source/John_Beam) (1959–2025), American football coach and athletics administrator
* [Joline Beam](/source/Joline_Beam), American politician
* [Joseph Beam](/source/Joseph_Beam) (1954–1988), African-American gay rights activist and writer
* [Louis Beam](/source/Louis_Beam) (born 1946), American white supremacist
* [Lura Beam](/source/Lura_Beam) (1887–1978), American educator, writer, and researcher
* [Mike Beam](/source/Mike_Beam), Kansas Secretary of Agriculture
* [T. J. Beam](/source/T._J._Beam) (born 1980), American baseball player

==Arts, entertainment and media==
* [Beam (music)](/source/Beam_(music)), a connection line in musical notation
* [''Beam'' (single album)](/source/Beam_(single_album)), by Hoshi X Woozi, 2025
* [''The Beam'' (fairy tale)](/source/The_Beam_(fairy_tale)), the Brothers Grimm tale 149
* [BEAM.TV](/source/BEAM.TV), an online digital delivery and content management platform
* [BEAM Channel 31](/source/BEAM_Channel_31), a Philippines television network
* [Beam (website)](/source/Beam_(website)), later Mixer, a former video game live streaming platform
* [BeamNG.drive](/source/BeamNG.drive), an open-world vehicle simulation video game
* Beam, to transport matter using the [Transporter](/source/Transporter_(Star_Trek)) in the ''Star Trek'' fictional universe

== Businesses ==
* [Beam Software](/source/Beam_Software), later Krome Studios Melbourne, an Australian video game development studio
* [Broadcast Enterprises and Affiliated Media](/source/Broadcast_Enterprises_and_Affiliated_Media), a telecommunications company in the Philippines
* Beam Energy, an energy provision arrangement of British company [Robin Hood Energy](/source/Robin_Hood_Energy)

==Science and technology==
* [BEAM (Erlang virtual machine)](/source/BEAM_(Erlang_virtual_machine)), a virtual machine at the core of the Erlang Open Telecom Platform
* [BEAM robotics](/source/BEAM_robotics) (biology, electronics, aesthetics and mechanics), a style of robotics
* [Beam search](/source/Beam_search), a heuristic search algorithm 
* [Bigelow Expandable Activity Module](/source/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Module), an experimental expandable space station module
* [Apache Beam](/source/Apache_Beam), a data processing programming model
* [Beam (structure)](/source/Beam_(structure)), a structural element that resists lateral loads

== Other uses ==
* [Beam (horse)](/source/Beam_(horse)), a racehorse
* [Beam (nautical)](/source/Beam_(nautical)), the width of a ship at its widest point
* [Beam, Great Torrington](/source/Beam%2C_Great_Torrington), an estate in Devon, England
* [Balance beam](/source/Balance_beam), or beam, a piece of gymnastics equipment
* [The Beam (geological outcrop)](/source/The_Beam_(geological_outcrop)), in South Hero, Vermont, U.S.

==See also==
*[Battle of the Beams](/source/Battle_of_the_Beams), a period in World War 2 of air radio navigation countermeasures
*[Beam theory](/source/Beam_theory), or Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, a means of calculating load-carrying and deflection of structural beams
*[Beam antenna](/source/Beam_antenna), or directional antenna, an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions 
*[Bessel beam](/source/Bessel_beam), a wave whose amplitude is described by a Bessel function
*[Blaster beam](/source/Blaster_beam), a musical instrument
*[Gaussian beam](/source/Gaussian_beam), a beam of electromagnetic radiation whose amplitude is given by a Gaussian function
*[Beme (disambiguation)](/source/Beme_(disambiguation))
* ["Light The Beam!"](/source/Light_the_Beam), a rallying chant used by fans of the Sacramento Kings

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