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A canonical approach to Cherenkov radiation in the presence of a magnetodielectric medium is presented in classical, nonrelativistic and relativistic quantum regimes. The equations of motion for the canonical variables are solved explicitly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Fardin Kheirandish , Ehsan Amooghorban

We consider two semi-infinite magnetoelecteric media separated by a planar interface whose electromagnetic response is described by axion-electrodynamics. The time dependent Green's function characterizing this geometry is obtained by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 O. J. Franca , L. F. Urrutia , Omar Rodríguez-Tzompantzi

The Maxwell equations for chiral media are treated with the aid of quaternionic analysis methods. Besides the possibility of simplification of the form of such basic facts like the Stratton-Chu formulas we obtain a criterion for the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladislav Kravchenko , Hector Oviedo

According to quantum electrodynamics, in a strong magnetic field that is constant and spatially uniform, the vacuum becomes polarized with a refractive index greater than unity. As a result, ultra-relativistic charged particles travelling…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-09-29 Cheng-Yang Lee

Classical Cherenkov radiation is a celebrated physics phenomenon of electromagnetic (EM) radiation stimulated by an electric charge moving with constant velocity in a three dimensional dielectric medium. Cherenkov radiation has a wide…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-11-01 Edl Schamiloglu , Alexander Figotin

We show that reversed Vavilov-\v{C}erenkov radiation occurs simultaneously with the forward output in naturally existing materials when an electric charge moves with a constant velocity perpendicular to the planar interface between two…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-10-30 O. J. Franca , L. F. Urrutia , Omar Rodríguez-Tzompantzi

We revisit the theory of Cherenkov radiation in uniaxial crystals. Historically, a number of flawed attempts have been made at explaining this radiation phenomenon and a consistent error-free description is nowhere available. We apply our…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-23 R. E. Mikkelsen , T. Poulsen , U. I. Uggerhøj , S. R. Klein

Our study delves into the modifications observed in Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation when its generating charged particle moves parallel to an interface formed by two generic magnetoelectric media, focusing on topological insulators. We compute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 O. J. Franca , Stefan Yoshi Buhmann

The radiation generated by a charged longitudinal oscillator moving with a constant drift velocity along the axis of a dielectric cylinder immersed in a homogeneous medium is investigated. For an arbitrary oscillation law a formula is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Aram A. Saharian , Anna S. Kotanjyan

Cherenkov radiation in uniformly moving homogenous isotropic medium without dispersion is studied. Formula for the spectrum of Cherenkov radiation of fermion was derived for the case when the speed of the medium is less than the speed of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2011-11-29 Mihail Alfimov

Emission process of a charged particle propagating in a medium with a curved magnetic field is considered. This mechanism combines features of conventional Cherenkov and curvature emission. Thus, presence of a medium with the index of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-22 George Machabeli , Nino Chkheidze

The Chiral Magnetic Effect (CME) has been investigated as a new transport phenomenon in condensed matter. Such an effect appears in systems with chiral fermions and involves an electric current generated by a magnetic field by means of an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-06 Pedro D. S. Silva , Manoel M. Ferreira , Marco Schreck , Luis F. Urrutia

We present a study of the emission of Cherenkov radiation in thick media, explore the limitations of the simulation tools currently in use in particle and nuclear physics, and propose a method for overcoming these limitations. We start with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-23 Dmytro Minchenko , Juan Pablo Yañez , Aksel Hallin

The nontrivial dispersion relation of a periodic medium affects both the spectral and the spatial distribution of Cherenkov radiation. We present a theory of the spatial distribution of Cherenkov radiation in the far-field zone inside…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-13 Christian Kremers , Dmitry N. Chigrin

For some physics students, the concept of a particle travelling faster than the speed of light holds endless fascination, and Cherenkov radiation is a visible consequence of a charged particle travelling through a medium at locally…

Physics Education · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert N. C. Pfeifer , Timo A. Nieminen

Due to their weak interactions, neutrinos can polarize a medium and acquire an induced charge. We consider the Cherenkov radiation emitted by neutrinos due to their effective electromagnetic interactions as they pass through a polarizable…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-17 Juan Carlos D'Olivo , Jose F. Nieves , Palash B. Pal

A charged particle moving through a medium emits Cherenkov radiation when its velocity exceeds the phase velocity of light in that medium. Under the influence of a strong electromagnetic field, quantum fluctuations can become polarized,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-30 Alexander J. Macleod , Adam Noble , Dino A. Jaroszynski

Here, we investigate the Cherenkov emission by an array of moving electric charges in the vicinity of a topologically nontrivial gyrotropic material. It is shown that the nonreciprocal material response may result in a robustly asymmetric…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-26 Filipa R. Prudêncio , Mário G. Silveirinha

We study radiation by a fast particle in a medium with a finite chiral chemical potential. The medium's anomalous response encompasses the chiral magnetic effect, enabling novel chiral Cherenkov and pair production processes. The kinematics…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-06-23 Jeremy Hansen , Kirill Tuchin

Full quantum calculation of Cherenkov gluon radiation by quark and gluon currents and a Cherenkov decay of a gluon into a pair of Cherenkov gluons in transparent media is performed. Energy losses due to Cherenkov gluon radiation in high…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2013-04-09 Mikhail Alfimov , Andrei Leonidov