Cerenkov radiation

On emission of Cerenkov X-rays by electrons in carbon nanotubes

L. A. Rivlin

Moscow State Institute of Radio-Engineering, Electronics and Automation (Technical University)

Abstract: Conditions are considered for generating Cerenkov X-rays by an electron beam propagating inside a bundle of carbon nanotubes upon synchronisation of the electron movement with one of the slow spatial harmonics of the electromagnetic field of a crystal tube.

PACS: 41.60.Bq, 41.50.+h, 73.63.Fg

Received: 09.04.2007

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2007, 37:9, 893–894

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