A conceptual history of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation

The evolution of ideas on the nature of the Vavilov--Cherenkov radiation is discussed. The period between Vavilov's ideas, advanced in 1934, and the formulation of a quantitative theory of the phenomenon in 1937 is surveyed.

PACS: 01.60.+q, 01.30.−y, 01.65.+g, 41.60.Bq (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1984v027n05ABEH004300
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1984/5/d/
Citation: Frank I M "A conceptual history of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation" Sov. Phys. Usp. 27 385–395 (1984)

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%0 Journal Article
%T A conceptual history of the Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation
%A I. M. Frank
%I Physics-Uspekhi
%D 1984
%J Phys. Usp.
%V 27
%N 5
%P 385-395
%U https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1984/5/d/
%U https://doi.org/10.1070/PU1984v027n05ABEH004300

Оригинал: Франк И М «Развитие представлений о природе излучения Вавилова — Черенкова» УФН 143 111–127 (1984); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0143.198405d.0111

S.I. Vavilov and P.A. Cherenkov are authors of Physics-Uspekhi