Cherenkov radiation (/tʃəˈrɛŋkɒf/) (also known as Čerenkov or Cerenkov radiation) is electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle (such as...

speed-dependent light output or the speed-dependent light direction of Cherenkov radiation. A particle passing through a material at a velocity greater than...

and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934. Cherenkov was born in 1904 to Alexey Cherenkov and Mariya Cherenkova in the small...

imaging telescope Cherenkov detector, a particle detector Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector Cherenkov luminescence imaging Cherenkov radiation, particular occurrence...

medium, by measurement of the presence and characteristics of the Cherenkov radiation emitted during that traversal. RICH detectors were first developed...

in vacuum), and thus generates blue Cherenkov radiation when it passes through water. The intense beta radiation from the fuel rods of swimming pool reactors...

interaction with matter, as in the case of Cherenkov radiation and radio-luminescence. Ionizing radiation has many practical uses in medicine, research...

emission of blue light is often attributed to Cherenkov radiation.[verification needed] Cherenkov radiation is produced by charged particles which are traveling...

large volume of water surrounded by phototubes that watch for the Cherenkov radiation emitted when an incoming neutrino creates an electron or muon in...

10% of the total electromagnetic radiation output from the Sun. It is also produced by electric arcs, Cherenkov radiation, and specialized lights, such as...