File:Cherenkov2.svg
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Summary
| Description | Cherenkov radiation from a charge particle nearly at the speed of light moving in a medium with index of refraction n = 1.25. Wavefronts emitted at times 0,1...5 form a shock-front cone with an opening angle α=arcsin(0.8). |
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| Source | Own work |
| Author | Pieter Kuiper |
| SVG development |  This diagram was created with a text editor. |
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This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Pieter Kuiper. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: Pieter Kuiper grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. |
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| current | 21:57, 6 July 2018 | | 512 × 494 (3 KB) | wikimediacommons>Perhelion | merging details from File:Cherenkov Wavefront.svg // Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js |
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