This book deals with diffraction radiation, which implies the boundary problems of electromagnetic radiation theory. Diffraction radiation is generated when a charged particle moves near a target edge at a distance ( – Lorentz factor, – wave length). Diffraction radiation of non-relativistic particles is widely used to design intense emitters in the cm wavelength range. Diffraction radiation from relativistic charged particles is important for noninvasive beam diagnostics and design of free electron lasers based on Smith-Purcell radiation which is diffraction radiation from periodic structures. Different analytical models of diffraction radiation and results of recent experimental studies are presented in this book. The book may also serve as guide to classical electrodynamics applications in beam physics and electrodynamics. It can be of great use for young researchers to develop skills and for experienced scientists to obtain new results.

The authors are highly appreciated scientist in Russia. Prof. A.P. Potylitsyn: head of Department of Applied Physics in Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia, author of 3 monographs and more than 200 scientific articles Prof. M.I. Ryazanov: former head of the department Department of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”; he is an author of 6 monographs and more than 150 articles in scientific journals Prof. M.N. Strikhanov: rector of National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”, author of more than 180 scientific articles and monographs Dr. A.A. Tishchenko: Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Modelling and Physics of Nanostructures and Superconductors, National Research Nuclear University “MEPhI”