Possible attenuation of the radio signal from the cascade in solid medium at energies above 1020 eV

It was shown that the effect of plasma production during solid medium ionization by a developing cascade can shield excess-charge radiation in the radio range used for detecting particles at energies higher than 10²⁰ eV. Such a shielding effect is significant in Antarctic ice and is insignificant for lunar regolith. Hence, the LORD experiment on detection of cascades from ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos from circumlunar spacecrafts retains the capability of measurements up to the energies of 10²³ eV.     

Changes in the chemical composition of primary cosmic radiation at ultrahigh energies

The signals from particles of extensive air showers in the energy region of 10¹⁷–10²⁰ eV in both the surface and underground scintillation detectors of the Yakutsk array are calculated using the CORSIKA 6.616 and GEANT4 software packages and compared with experimental data. It is shown that a transition from a heavy primary composition to proton primaries at energies (1–2.6) × 10¹⁸ eV and from primary protons again to heavy primaries at energies above 1.3 × 10¹⁹ eV might be observed.     

Long-term observations of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 1275 at ultrahigh energies by SHALON mirror Cherenkov telescopes

The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1275 is a central dominant galaxy in the Perseus cluster of galaxies. NGC 1275 is known as a powerful source of radio and X-ray radiations. In 1996, in SHALON telescope observations, a new metagalactic source of gamma radiation of ultrahigh energy > 800 GeV was detected. The position of the radiation source detected in our experiment is consistent in its coordinates with the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1275. The results obtained at high and ultrahigh energies are necessary to understand the radiation generation processes in the entire wide energy range.     

On the polarization characteristics of Cherenkov radiation from a dielectric screen

The Cherenkov effect is a well-known phenomenon and its properties are widely used in many fields of physics. However, some features of the polarization characteristics of Cherenkov radiation that appears when charged particles pass near azimuthally asymmetric, finite dielectric targets are still poorly studied. This problem is solved in this work. The polarization characteristics of Cherenkov radiation in the case of a rectangular dielectric screen are analyzed using the Stokes approach. Owing to the azimuthal asymmetry of the target, radiation acquires an elliptic polarization whose rotation direction and inclination angle depend both on the direction of radiation propagation and on the dielectric properties of a substance. The results demonstrate that the Cherenkov effect can be used to create sources of elliptically polarized radiation with the controlled direction of polarization rotation.     

Pion scattering from a bound nucleon at medium energies

In order to examine the validity of the impulse approximation for pion-nucleus scattering in the 33-resonance energy region, we consider pion-scattering from a “nucleus” which consists of a single nucleon bound in a harmonic oscillator potential. A separable πN interaction is assumed. The oscillator parameter is chosen such that the nuclear sizes are fitted for ⁴He ～ ¹⁶O. The binding effect is found to result in a downward shift of the resonance energy (by about 20 MeV), and an increase (by 50 ～ 70%) of the total cross section near the resonance. The angular distribution is also strongly modified. In connection with the binding effect, the importance of a careful treatment of nucleon recoil is emphasized. It is pointed out that the closure approximation which is often used to sum over intermediate nuclear states leads to very misleading results. The effect of the Pauli principle is also examined by excluding some intermediate states.     

Electron-photon cascades in various media at ultrahigh energies

A numerical scheme for solving 1D equations of electron and photon transport at ultrahigh energies is proposed. The tests performed using the known EGS4 and GEANT4 codes showed that the errors of calculations do not exceed several percent and are considerably smaller than those given by the cascade theory in the A approximation. The scheme can be used for obtaining solutions to different problems of the physics of cosmic rays and ultrahigh energy neutrino astronomy.     

Cherenkov radiation by the charged particle moving in moving Hermitian medium

Detailed theoretical investigation and computer calculations on the Cherenkov radiation (CR) in moving Hermitian medium (CRMH) are presented in this paper. It has been found that, similar to that in stationary Hermitian medium (CRH) case, there are two modes in the CRMH; in general, only one of them is radiative mode, another one is local field, and the comparison of the two modes is given in the paper. The small absorption of CRMH mainly results in the Gaussian-like field intensity pattern. And the group velocity in the CRMH is always slower than the phase velocity in the moving HM, so the fine inner structure occurs. Comparing the behaviors of CRMH and CRH, we have found that the movement of the Hermitian medium (HM) brings significant influences on the CR, so there are some interesting characteristics of CRMH, such as in the CRMH; the radiation power of the “o” mode is much higher than that of “e” mode. And because of the relativistic Doppler effect, the frequency region where both modes are radiative becomes quite different from that for CRH.     

Neutrino self-energy operator in plasmas at ultrahigh energies

A general expression for the neutrino self-energy operator in plasmas was obtained in the limit of ultrahigh energies. Quantitative estimations were performed for the boundaries of the region kinematically allowed for the “neutrino-spin-light” process. An analysis of the additional neutrino energy in plasmas revealed that, in the cases where neutrino spin light was kinematically allowed, the processes $\bar v_e + e^ - \to W^ -$ and $\bar v_\ell + v_\ell \to Z$ would be dominant.     

Cherenkov radiation of a Josephson vortex moving in a sandwich embedded in a dielectric medium

A motion of a Josephson vortex in a long sandwich embedded in a dielectric medium is described. If the velocity of the vortex is greater than the velocity of light in the dielectric, terahertz-band Cherenkov radiation is generated and emitted from the lateral surface of the sandwich. The radiation loss power is determined. In the case when radiation loss is compensated for by the energy gain due to transport current, a relation between the current and the velocity of the vortex is obtained.     

产生切连科夫辐射的康普顿电子在介质中的临界散射角

讨论了γ光子在同一种介质中连续产生康普顿散射和切连科夫辐射的条件。这一条件可用产生切连科夫辐射的康普顿电子在介质中的临界散射角的大小来表示。     

On the acoustic wave attenuation in a turbulent medium

Abstract

The equation for the mean acoustic field has been obtained for a random turbulent medium using the Green function approach. The correlation function was described by the Karman distribution with the index n=2 approximately?11/6. Applying Bourret's approximation, the exact expression for the mass operator has been calculated analytically. The frequency dependence of the scattering coefficient of the mean field has been derived. Conditions of Cherenkov radiation are discussed.     

On the acoustic wave attenuation in a turbulent medium

The equation for the mean acoustic field has been obtained for a random turbulent medium using the Green function approach. The correlation function was described by the Karman distribution with the index n=2 approximately≃11/6. Applying Bourret's approximation, the exact expression for the mass operator has been calculated analytically. The frequency dependence of the scattering coefficient of the mean field has been derived. Conditions of Cherenkov radiation are discussed.     

On the optimal frequency of observation of Cherenkov radiation in the radio astronomy method for measuring superhigh-energy cosmic-ray particle flux

Possible reasons for the absence of direct observations of individual events in measuring the super-high-energy particle flux by the radio astronomy technique are considered. One of these reasons is probably associated with the choice of extremely high frequencies (∼1.5 GHz) for detecting radio pulses. Calculations show that the radiation intensity attains its peak value at frequencies ∼500–600 MHz and then sharply decreases so that it becomes three orders of magnitude lower even at a frequency of ∼1.5 GHz. The effectiveness of particle detection in the range of high (∼600 MHz) and low (∼60 MHz) frequencies is analyzed.     

Spatial distribution of Cherenkov light from cascade showers in water

The spatial distribution of the Cherenkov light generated by cascade showers is analyzed using the NEVOD Cherenkov water detector. The dependence of the Cherenkov light intensity on the depth of shower development at various distances from the shower axis is investigated for the first time. The experimental data are compared with the Cherenkov light distributions predicted by various models for the scattering of cascade particles.     

TeV strings and the neutrino-nucleon cross section at ultrahigh energies

In scenarios with the fundamental unification scale at the TeV one expects string excitations of the standard model fields at accessible energies. We study the neutrino-nucleon cross section in these models. We show that duality of the scattering amplitude forces the existence of a tower of massive leptoquarks that mediate the process in the s channel. Using the narrow-width approximation we find a sum rule for the production rate of resonances with different spin at each mass level. We show that these contributions can increase substantially the standard model neutrino-nucleon cross section, although they seem insufficient to explain the cosmic ray events above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuz'min cutoff energy.     

Cherenkov radiation from jets in heavy-ion collisions

The possibility of Cherenkov-like gluon bremsstrahlung in dense matter is studied. We point out that the occurrence of Cherenkov radiation in dense matter is sensitive to the presence of partonic bound states. This is illustrated by a calculation of the dispersion relation of a massless particle in a simple model in which it couples to two different massive resonance states. We further argue that detailed spectroscopy of jet correlations can directly probe the index of refraction of this matter, which in turn will provide information about the mass scale of these partonic bound states.     

Cherenkov radiation of a spinning particle

We consider the Cherenkov radiation of a neutral particle with magnetic moment, and the spin-dependent contribution to the Cherenkov radiation of a charged spinning particle. The corresponding radiation intensity is obtained for an arbitrary value of spin and for an arbitrary spin orientation with respect to velocity. The article is published in the original.