Dual coherent particle emission as generalized Cherenkov-like effect in high energy particle collisions

The generalized Cherenkov-like effects based on the four fundamental interactions has been investigated and classified recently by Ion and Stocker. This classification includes the nuclear (mesonic, gamma, weak bosonic)-Cherenkov-like radiations as well as the high energy component of the coherent particle emission via (baryonic, leptonic, fermionic)-Cherenkov-like effects. By recent experimental observations of the subthreshold and anomalous Cherenkov radiations (CR) it was clarified that some fundamental aspects of the CR can be considered still open and that more theoretical and experimental investigations on the CR are required. In a recent paper we introduced the dual coherent particle emission (DCPE) from which all kind of generalized Cherenkov-like effects can be obtained. The aim of this paper was to obtain a general quantum theory of the dual coherent particle emission (DCPE)-mechanism as two component generalized Cherenkov-like radiation. Then we proved that recent results on the anomalous Cherenkov radiation and those on the subthreshold Cherenkov-like effects can be completely interpreted as signatures of this new two component DCPE-effect. The applications of these new results to the development of new kind of particle detectors called DCPE-Cherenkov-like detectors are suggested. (authors)