The Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation in Abraham's theory

2025/07/19 by Sergey G. Chefranov, S. G. Chefranov, Chefranov, Sergey G. · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2508.00870

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Abstract

It is shown that the threshold of the observed Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation is more accurately described by the new quantum theory, based on the theory of Abraham (1909), compared with the quantum theory of Ginzburg (1940), based on the theory of Minkowski (1908).

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• Sergey G. Chefranov: The Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation in Abraham's theory https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00870 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.00870 https://arxiv.org/html/2508.00870 [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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