Cherenkov radiation

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electromagnetic radiation physical phenomenon

Cherenkov radiation is the blue glow produced when charged particles travel through a medium faster than light can move in that medium, emitting a characteristic cone of light.

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Cherenkov effect 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electromagnetic radiation ⓘ
physical phenomenon ⓘ
angleDependsOn particle velocity ⓘ
refractive index of the medium ⓘ
appliedIn dosimetry ⓘ
nonproliferation safeguards ⓘ
radiation therapy imaging ⓘ
reactor monitoring ⓘ
coLaureates Igor Tamm NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ilya Frank NERFINISHED ⓘ
commonMedium aerogel ⓘ
heavy water ⓘ
organic scintillators ⓘ
water ⓘ
detectedBy Cherenkov detector NERFINISHED ⓘ
air Cherenkov telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
ring-imaging Cherenkov detector ⓘ
water Cherenkov detector ⓘ
discoveredBy Pavel Cherenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryYear 1934 ⓘ
doesNotViolate special relativity ⓘ
emissionPattern light emitted in a cone around the particle trajectory ⓘ
emissionType continuous spectrum ⓘ
field astroparticle physics ⓘ
medical physics ⓘ
nuclear physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
governedBy cos(theta) = c/(n·v) ⓘ
isAnalogousTo sonic boom ⓘ
isCoherent yes ⓘ
namedAfter Pavel Cherenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ
NobelPrizeAssociated Nobel Prize in Physics 1958 NERFINISHED ⓘ
occursWhen a charged particle moves through a medium faster than the phase velocity of light in that medium ⓘ
producedIn cosmic ray air showers ⓘ
neutrino telescopes ⓘ
nuclear reactors ⓘ
particle detectors ⓘ
water-filled reactor pools ⓘ
relatedConcept phase velocity of light in a medium ⓘ
refractive index ⓘ
superluminal motion in a medium ⓘ
requires charged particles ⓘ
dielectric medium ⓘ
requiresCondition particle speed greater than c/n ⓘ
spectrumBias more intense at shorter (bluer) wavelengths ⓘ
theoreticalDescriptionBy Frank–Tamm formula NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalColor blue ⓘ
usedIn direction reconstruction of high-energy particles ⓘ
particle identification ⓘ
velocity measurement of charged particles ⓘ

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