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Modeling the propagation of light through disordered media is central to understanding and controlling wave transport in diverse optical and mesoscopic applications. Here, we present a random matrix simulation framework for modeling the…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-24 Niall Byrnes , Sulagna Dutta , Matthew R. Foreman

Cherenkov detectors have been extensively developed and utilized in various scientific fields, including particle physics, astrophysics, and nuclear engineering. These detectors operate based on Cherenkov radiation, which is emitted when a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-30 Anzori Sh. Georgadze

The angular distribution of Cherenkov light in an air shower is closely linked to that of the shower electrons and positrons. As charged particles in extensive air showers are deflected by the magnetic field of the Earth, a deformation of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Piotr Homola , Ralph Engel , Henryk Wilczyński

A significant contribution to the electromagnetic radiation by a fast electric charge moving in anisotropic chiral matter arises from spontaneous photon radiation due to the chiral anomaly. While such a process, also known as the "vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-12-26 Kirill Tuchin

Telescopes, designed with semi-conductor based photo sensors, have the potential to detect Cherenkov or fluorescence light emitted by cosmic-rays in the atmosphere. Such telescopes promise a high duty cycle and efficiency in remote harsh…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-06 Jan Auffenberg , Thomas Bretz , Lukas Middendorf , Tim Niggemann , Leif Rädel , Merlin Schaufel , Sebastian Schoenen , Johannes Schumacher , Christopher Wiebusch

Cherenkov radiation produced in Extensive Air Showers shows a net polarization. This article discusses its properties and physical origin, and proposes an arrangement of polarizers potentially useful for Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 I. de la Calle , J. L. Contreras , J. Cortina , V. Fonseca

In this paper we propose a 'knee-like' approximation of the lateral distribution of the Cherenkov light from extensive air showers in the energy range 30-3000 TeV and study a possibility of its practical application in high energy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-29 A. Sh. M. Elshoukrofy , E. B. Postnikov , E. E. Korosteleva , L. G. Sveshnikova , H. A. Motaweh

We present results of simulations on the influence of photon propagation and the Cherenkov effect on the time resolution of LSO:Ce scintillators. The influence of the scintillator length on the coincidence time resolution is shown.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-15 Stefan E. Brunner , Lukas Gruber , Johann Marton , Ken Suzuki , Albert Hirtl

Emission of a charged particle propagating in a medium with a curved magnetic field is reconsidered stressing the analogy between this emission mechanism and collective Cherenkov-type plasma emission. It is explained how this mechanism…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Maxim Lyutikov , George Machabeli , Roger Blandford

The possibility to use Cherenkov light measurements with Cherenkov telescope to study atmospheric processes is shown. Cherenkov light from extensive air showers is obtained using Monte Carlo simulations with CORSIKA code. Different…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-10-12 A. Mishev

Usually the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes, used for the ground-based gamma-ray astronomy in the very high energy range 50 GeV - 50 TeV, perform air shower observations till the zenith angle of ~60 deg. Beyond that limit the…

In terms of the quark-gluon string model the analysis of the classic procedure to estimate the energy of giant air showers with help of the parameter s(600) (a density of energy deposition in the scintillator at a distance of 600 m from the…

In this manuscript we examine an accelerated charged particle moving through an optical medium, and explore the emission of accelerated-Cherenkov radiation. The particle's reaction to acceleration creates a low-frequency spectral cutoff in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-08-27 Morgan H. Lynch , Eliahu Cohen , Yaron Hadad , Ido Kaminer

Using Monte Carlo simulation of extensive air showers, we showed that the maximum depth of showers, $X_{max}$ can be estimated using $P=Q(100)/Q(200)$, the ratio of Cherenkov photon densities at 100 and 200 meters from the shower core,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-07 Rasekh Ibrahim , Purmohammad Davoud

The possibility of Cherenkov-like gluon bremsstrahlung in dense matter is studied. We point out that the occurrence of Cherenkov radiation in dense matter is sensitive to the presence of partonic bound states. This is illustrated by a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Koch , A. Majumder , Xin-Nian Wang

The Simulation of Cherenkov light lateral distribution function (LDF) from particles of Extensive Air Showers (EAS) with ultra high energy cosmic rays (E>=10^16 eV) was simulated for primary protons by the computer code CORSIKA. The…

General Physics · Physics 2011-04-14 A. A. Al-Rubaiee

The reconstruction of cosmic-ray-induced extensive air showers with a non-imaging Cherenkov detector array requires knowledge of the Cherenkov yield of any given air shower for a given set of shower parameters. Although air showers develop…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 Isaac Buckland , Douglas Bergman

The electric field of the Cherenkov radio pulse produced by a single charged particle track in a dielectric medium is derived from first principles. An algorithm is developed to obtain the pulse in the time domain for numerical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2014-11-20 Jaime Alvarez-Muniz , Andres Romero-Wolf , Enrique Zas

Cherenkov imaging enables real-time visualization of megavoltage X-ray or electron beam delivery to the patient during Radiation Therapy (RT). Bio-morphological features, such as vasculature, seen in these images are patient-specific…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Shiru Wang , Yao Chen , Lesley A. Jarvis , Yucheng Tang , David J. Gladstone , Kimberley S. Samkoe , Brian W. Pogue , Petr Bruza , Rongxiao Zhang

Cherenkov light induced by fast charged particles in transparent dielectric media such as air or water is exploited by a variety of experimental techniques to detect and measure extraterrestrial particles impinging on Earth. A selection of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-03 U. F. Katz
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