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Cherenkov

or Ce·ren·kov

[ chuh-reng-kawf, -kof, -ren-; Russian chyi-ryin-kawf ]

noun

  1. Pa·vel A. [pah, -v, uh, l, pah, -vyil], 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.


Cherenkov

/ tʃɪˈrjenkəf; tʃɪˈrɛŋkɒf /

noun

  1. CherenkovPavel Alekseyevich19041990MSovietSCIENCE: physicist Pavel Alekseyevich (ˈpavɪl alɪkˈsjejɪvitʃ). 1904–90, Soviet physicist: noted for work on the effects produced by high-energy particles: shared Nobel prize for physics 1958
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When a particle moves above a certain speed limit for a given material, it emits light, known as Cherenkov light.

Standing multiple stories tall, these massive machines include an assortment of technologies — plastic scintillator detectors, Cherenkov detectors, descendants of multiwire proportional chambers.

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CheremkhovoCherenkov effect