Relativistic generalization of the Landau criterion as a new foundation of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation theory.
The relativistic generalization of the Landau criterion is obtained for the determination of threshold conversion of medium elementary Bose-condensed excitation into Cherenkov's photon unbremsstrahlung radiation. In contraposition to classic Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation (VCR) theory, the new VCR theory admits the conditions for effective and direct VCR realization even for high-frequency transverse electromagnetic waves in isotropic plasma.
Chefranov
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A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia. schefranov@mail.ru