the dependence of the lateral distribution of cherenkov light in simulated extensive air showers to the energy and the mass of the primary cosmic rays has been studied. it has been shown that a previous claim about mass independent proportionality of shower energy to the total cherenkov photon number is not valid in energies below eeas ~ 1014 ev. we have found that the core distance of the so c...

Reversed Cherenkov radiation is the exotic electromagnetic radiation that is emitted in the opposite direction of moving charged particles in a left-handed material. Reversed Cherenkov radiation has not previously been observed, mainly due to the absence of both suitable all-metal left-handed materials for beam transport and suitable couplers for extracting the reversed Cherenkov radiation sign...

Suitably designed optical fibers are shown to offer a powerful tool for functional brain mapping, facilitating the detection of Cherenkov radiation generated by relativistic positrons from positron-emitting radionuclides. Fiber probes support a low-loss delivery of the high-intensity short-wavelength part of the Cherenkov spectrum, which is strongly absorbed by biotissues, and lower the thresho...

The aim of this paper is to study the fine structure of the Cherenkov rings. We analyze the experiments performed by one of authors (Zrelov) in which no special focusing devices were used. The broad Cherenkov ring was observed in the plane perpendicular to the motion axis. Using the exact and approximate formulas we investigate how a charge moving uniformly in a medium radiates in a finite spac...

The fine structure of the synchrotron-Cherenkov radiation of spectral distribution of the radiation power of one and four electrons moving in a spiral in a transparent medium with relativistic transversal velocity component (the component perpendicular to the magnetic field) is researched. The oscillations and superradiance in the synchrotron-Cherenkov radiation spectrum of four electrons at di...

The action of the Doppler effect on the particularities of radiation power spectral distribution of an electron moving in a spiral in a medium has been investigated near the Cherenkov threshold. The fine structure of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum at the Cherenkov threshold and the synchrotron-Cherenkov radiation spectrum for an electron moving along a spiral with non-relativistic longi...

Very energetic cosmic rays entering the atmosphere of Earth will create a plasma cloud moving with almost the speed of light. The magnetic field of Earth induces an electric current in this cloud which is responsible for the emission of coherent electromagnetic radiation. We propose to search for a new effect: Because of the index of refraction of air, this radiation is collimated in a Cherenko...