Quantum Čerenkov Radiation: Spectral Cutoffs and the Role of Spin and Orbital Angular Momentum
We show that the well-known Čerenkov effect contains new phenomena arising from the quantum nature of charged particles. The Čerenkov transition amplitudes allow coupling between the charged particle and the emitted photon through their orbital angular momentum and spin, by scattering into preferred...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.011006 |