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Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation and catastrophe theory

NázevTitle
Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation and catastrophe theoryVavilov-Cherenkov radiation and catastrophe theory
Druh výsledkuResult type
Článek v časopiseJournal article
AutořiAuthors
Ľ. Krupa
DOIDOI
10.1016/j.rinp.2025.108427
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
Results in Physics. 2025, 77 1-18. ISSN 2211-3797.
RokYear
2025
JazykLanguage
eng
ScopusScopus
2-s2.0-105016602156
RIVRIV
RIV/68407700:21670/25:00385897!RIV26-MSM-21670___
ProjektProject
Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.Institucionální podpora na rozvoj výzkumné org.

AbstraktAbstract

The problem of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation arising at an arbitrary motion of a charged particle in a transparent isotropic medium is studied. The generalised Tamm-Frank condition for the appearance of radiation is derived. Using the catastrophe theory, the existence of a new type of radiation, the cuspoid Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation, is predicted, which is more intense than the ordinary Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation. The condition for the appearance of this new radiation is derived. The realisation of fold catastrophe A2 and boundary catastrophe B2 in electromagnetic radiation have been studied in more detail in the case of the rectilinear motion of a charged particle.

The problem of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation arising at an arbitrary motion of a charged particle in a transparent isotropic medium is studied. The generalised Tamm-Frank condition for the appearance of radiation is derived. Using the catastrophe theory, the existence of a new type of radiation, the cuspoid Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation, is predicted, which is more intense than the ordinary Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation. The condition for the appearance of this new radiation is derived. The realisation of fold catastrophe A2 and boundary catastrophe B2 in electromagnetic radiation have been studied in more detail in the case of the rectilinear motion of a charged particle.