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Transition radiation of a charge in media with a nonuniform potential

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The influence of a potential barrier on the transition radiation in the form of volume and surface electromagnetic waves emitted by a charged particle crossing an interface between media is investigated. It is shown that the volume-wave radiation field arises not only as a result of the jump in the dielectric constant at the boundary but also as a result of the velocity jump and the reflection of an electron induced by the presence of a nonuniform potential barrier. The angular distribution of the transition radiation intensity is obtained.

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  1. Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, 310085, Kharkov, Ukraine

    V. L. Fal’ko, S. I. Khankina & V. M. Yakovenko

  2. Molniya Scientific-Research and Design Institute, Kharkov Physicotechnical Institute, 310013, Kharkov, Ukraine

    I. V. Yakovenko

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  1. V. L. Fal’ko
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  2. S. I. Khankina
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Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 11–14 (January 1998)

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Fal’ko, V.L., Khankina, S.I., Yakovenko, V.M. et al. Transition radiation of a charge in media with a nonuniform potential. Tech. Phys. 43, 8–11 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1258926

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