Characteristics of Cherenkov radiation in naturally occurring ice

• Main Authors: Mikkelsen, RE, Poulsen, T, Uggerhøj, UI, Klein, SR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Astronomical and Space Sciences; Atomic; Molecular; Nuclear; Particle and Plasma Physics; Quantum Physics; Nuclear & Particles Physics; Pingu; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/76g7g1hk

We revisit the theory of Cherenkov radiation in uniaxial crystals. Historically, a number of flawed attempts have been made at explaining this radiation phenomenon, and a consistent error-free description is nowhere available. We apply our calculation to a large modern day telescope - IceCube. Locat...