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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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Author Pieter Kuiper
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