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Vacuum Cherenkov radiation

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

Within the classical Maxwell-Chern-Simons limit of the Standard-Model Extension (SME), the emission of light by uniformly moving charges is studied confirming the possibility of a Cherenkov-type effect. In this context, the exact radiation rate for charged magnetic point dipoles is determined and found in agreement with a phase-space estimate under certain assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0406128,
  title  = {Vacuum Cherenkov radiation},
  author = {Ralf Lehnert and Robertus Potting},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0406128},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, REVTeX4