Pavel Cherenkov
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Pavel Cherenkov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel laureate best known for discovering Cherenkov radiation, the bluish light emitted when charged particles travel faster than light in a medium.
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| Pavel Cherenkov canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate
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Soviet physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hero of Socialist Labour
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Lenin Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Lenin ⓘ Stalin Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Nobel Prize official biography
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Soviet Academy of Sciences publications ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Lebedev Physical Institute
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Voronezh State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Lebedev Physical Institute
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Moscow State University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eponymOf |
Cherenkov detector
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Cherenkov effect NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherenkov radiation NERFINISHED ⓘ Cherenkov telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Russian ⓘ |
| familyName | Cherenkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental physics
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nuclear physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Pavel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDiscovered | Cherenkov radiation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
astroparticle physics experiments
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detection of high-energy charged particles ⓘ medical imaging techniques using Cherenkov light ⓘ nuclear engineering ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of particle detectors
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nuclear reactor monitoring techniques ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cherenkov radiation
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discovery of Cherenkov radiation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Academy of Sciences of the USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | emission of light by charged particles moving faster than phase velocity of light in a medium ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Valery Lebedev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | experimental studies of Cherenkov radiation ⓘ |
| occupation | physicist ⓘ |
| partOf | Soviet scientific community ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Moscow ⓘ |
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Cherenkov detector