ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHERENKOV AND OHM FORCES

Authors
SCHACHTER L SCHIEBER D
Citation
L. Schachter et D. Schieber, ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHERENKOV AND OHM FORCES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 388(1-2), 1997, pp. 8-16
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
388
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)388:1-2<8:OTCOTC>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The wake held generated by a moving charge in the vicinity of a non-ma gnetic material is examined in terms of the decelerating reaction forc e. Two main cases are investigated - the Cherenkov and Ohm effects. In the first case we examine the force which results from the Cherenkov radiation emitted as the charge moves in the vicinity of a lossless di electric medium; in the second - the decelerating force is a direct re sult of power dissipated by excited currents on the surrounding lossy wall. In both cases, for highly relativistic particles the force is in dependent of the particle's energy.