File:Cherenkov2.svg

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Summary

DescriptionCherenkov2.svg	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).
Date	22 June 2007
Source	Own work
Author	Pieter Kuiper
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid. This diagram was created with a text editor. This diagram uses embedded text that can be easily translated using a text editor.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:57, 6 July 2018	512 × 494 (3 KB)	Perhelion	merging details from File:Cherenkov Wavefront.svg // Editing SVG source code using User:Rillke/SVGedit.js; upload handled by User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js
	20:47, 6 July 2018	512 × 494 (3 KB)	Perhelion	After talk, again Glrx version, File:Cherenkov Wavefront.svg is now the example (to respect the original uploader)
	12:27, 28 June 2018	580 × 560 (2 KB)	Perhelion	Reverted to version as of 00:54, 9 April 2014 (UTC) keep valid original code, as this is an example file
	19:01, 27 June 2018	512 × 494 (3 KB)	Glrx	indent. viewBox. metadata. textPath on line to text w/rotation. italic tspan for n.
	00:54, 9 April 2014	580 × 560 (2 KB)	Perhelion	back to Pieter Kuipers version
	10:37, 6 April 2013	580 × 560 (5 KB)	Perhelion	Reverted to version as of 16:12, 25 January 2012 this is a sample file
	10:57, 24 February 2013	1,012 × 922 (17 KB)	Citypeek	better centered
	10:53, 24 February 2013	1,081 × 922 (17 KB)	Citypeek	undid trim
	10:43, 24 February 2013	1,375 × 2,876 (17 KB)	Citypeek	object to path of text and trimming of image
	16:12, 25 January 2012	580 × 560 (5 KB)	Gauravjuvekar	made perpendicular square transparent