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Description 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).
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current20:57, 6 July 2018Thumbnail for version as of 20:57, 6 July 2018512 × 494 (3 KB)Perhelion (talk | contribs)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 2018Thumbnail for version as of 20:47, 6 July 2018512 × 494 (3 KB)Perhelion (talk | contribs)After talk, again Glrx version, File:Cherenkov Wavefront.svg is now the example (to respect the original uploader)
12:27, 28 June 2018Thumbnail for version as of 12:27, 28 June 2018580 × 560 (2 KB)Perhelion (talk | contribs)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 2018Thumbnail for version as of 19:01, 27 June 2018512 × 494 (3 KB)Glrx (talk | contribs)indent. viewBox. metadata. textPath on line to text w/rotation. italic tspan for n.
00:54, 9 April 2014Thumbnail for version as of 00:54, 9 April 2014580 × 560 (2 KB)Perhelion (talk | contribs)back to Pieter Kuipers version
10:37, 6 April 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:37, 6 April 2013580 × 560 (5 KB)Perhelion (talk | contribs)Reverted to version as of 16:12, 25 January 2012 this is a sample file
10:57, 24 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:57, 24 February 20131,012 × 922 (17 KB)Citypeek (talk | contribs)better centered
10:53, 24 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:53, 24 February 20131,081 × 922 (17 KB)Citypeek (talk | contribs)undid trim
10:43, 24 February 2013Thumbnail for version as of 10:43, 24 February 20131,375 × 2,876 (17 KB)Citypeek (talk | contribs)object to path of text and trimming of image
16:12, 25 January 2012Thumbnail for version as of 16:12, 25 January 2012580 × 560 (5 KB)Gauravjuvekar (talk | contribs)made perpendicular square transparent
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