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- From: alexa@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Alexander Anger)
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:33:05 GMT
- Subject: Re: Does Cerencov radiation make sense?
- Message-ID: <3750001@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
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- References: <1992Jul14.232809.169881@cs.cmu.edu>
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- >In sci.physics.fusion, alexo+@cs.cmu.edu (Alex Orenshteyn) writes:
- >
- >
- > Cerencov radiation is produced as a charged particle
- > moves through the medium in which speed of light, adjusted for
- > the refraction index of the medium, is less than the speed of
- > the beforementioned charged article. Is this concept/effect
- > extendible into the domain of charged particle moving through
- > metals? It is a somewhat(a lot?) naive question as I know that the
- > concept of refraction index can be extended to take into account
- > absorption, but does a charged particle moving through metals
- > loose its energy by mechanism similar to Cerencov radiation in
- > dielectrics. It seems to me it must.
-
- It probably does, but it may be very difficult to measure in metals.
- My guess is the Cerenkov radiation is absorbed in the metal before it
- can be detected, but I don't know for sure.
-