Cerenkov radiation. Master's thesis

Technical Report · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5690470

Saglam, A

Cerenkov radiation is calculated for electron beams which exceed the velocity of radiation in a nondispersive dielectric medium. The electron beam is assumed to be bunched as emitted from a travelling wave accelerator, and the emission region is assumed to be finite. Predictions include (a) emission at harmonics of the bunch rate, (b) coherence of radiation at low frequencies, (c) smearing of the emission angle for finite emission regions, (d) explicit evaluation of power spectrum in terms of bunch dimensions. The results of theory are applied to microwave emission form fast electrons in air for different lengths of the air path. Problems encountered during the experiment are discussed and suggestions for continuing work are provided.

• Research Organization: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5690470
• Report Number(s): AD-A-126753/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
AIR
BEAMS
CHERENKOV RADIATION
COHERENT RADIATION
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON BEAMS
EMISSION
FLUIDS
GASES
INFORMATION
LEPTON BEAMS
NUMERICAL DATA
PARTICLE BEAMS
RADIATIONS
THEORETICAL DATA