TY - JOUR
T1 - Transition radiation in the pre-wave zone for an oblique incidence of a particle on the flat target
AU - Karlovets, D. V.
AU - Potylitsyn, A. P.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Backward transition radiation of an electron with an arbitrary energy is studied when an ideally-conducting target is flat and its normal is not collinear with the particle velocity (oblique incidence). A model for radiation registered with a small flat detector placed at a finite distance (including the radiation in the pre-wave zone) in the vicinity of specular reflection direction is developed. Characteristics of the radiation in the far-field zone are in complete agreement with well-known results. The calculations for pre-wave zone show that the angular distribution of the radiation intensity is distorted compared to the far-field case, and the radiation asymmetry (having a place in the far-field for moderately relativistic energies) is also preserved in the pre-wave zone. Some numerical estimations of the radiation asymmetry at a finite distance are also given. The technique developed may be used for estimations of coherent transition radiation intensity in the mm-wavelength range.
AB - Backward transition radiation of an electron with an arbitrary energy is studied when an ideally-conducting target is flat and its normal is not collinear with the particle velocity (oblique incidence). A model for radiation registered with a small flat detector placed at a finite distance (including the radiation in the pre-wave zone) in the vicinity of specular reflection direction is developed. Characteristics of the radiation in the far-field zone are in complete agreement with well-known results. The calculations for pre-wave zone show that the angular distribution of the radiation intensity is distorted compared to the far-field case, and the radiation asymmetry (having a place in the far-field for moderately relativistic energies) is also preserved in the pre-wave zone. Some numerical estimations of the radiation asymmetry at a finite distance are also given. The technique developed may be used for estimations of coherent transition radiation intensity in the mm-wavelength range.
KW - Pre-wave zone effect
KW - Relativistic electron
KW - Transition radiation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.02.014
DO - 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.02.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50349091557
VL - 266
SP - 3738
EP - 3743
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
SN - 0168-583X
IS - 17
ER -