Čerenkov radiation from a finite-length path in a gas
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Authors
Neighbours, John R.
Buskirk, Fred R.
Saglam, A.
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1984-06
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American Physical Society
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Measurement of microwave Čerenkov radiation is air show that the Čerenkov cone angle is broadened as predicted in earlier work. Extension of previous theory shows that for small Čerenkov angles, the broadening is asymmetric, giving an increase in the effective cone angle to a value in agreement with the experimental results. The shift in radiation peak can be understood as a diffraction effect arising from the linearly varying phase of the radiation along the beam interaction length.
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Physics
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This work was partially supported by the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Foundation Research Program and partially supported by the Office of Naval Research, U.S. Department of the Navy
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7 p.
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Physical Review A, v. 29, no. 6, June 1984, pp. 3246-3252
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.