Abstract

In this paper, relativistic Cherenkov radiation was studied in a 3-D magneto-dielectric medium. Electric permittivity and magnetic permeability of the medium as functions of frequency, are assumed to satisfy Kramers- Kronig equations. A new interaction Hamiltonian, which is different from Hamiltonian term in non-relativistic state, was introduced by the quantized vector potential field and particle field operator obtained from the second quantization method. The rate of electron energy dissipation was calculated using Fermi’s golden rule.

Keywords

• rate of electron
• energy dissipation
• relativistic Cherenkov radiation
• Fermi’s golden rule