Cherenkov radiation

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• Cherenkov radiation — glowing in the core of the Advanced Test Reactor …   Wikipedia

• Cherenkov radiation — Light produced by charged particles when they pass through an optically transparent medium at speeds greater than the speed of light in that medium. For example, when electrons from a nuclear reactor travel through shielding water, they do so at… …   Universalium

• Cherenkov radiation — [tʃə rɛŋkɒf] (also Cerenkov radiation) noun Physics electromagnetic radiation emitted by particles moving in a medium at speeds faster than that of light in the same medium. Origin 1940s: named after the Soviet physicist Pavel Cherenkov …   English new terms dictionary

• Cherenkov radiation — /tʃəˌrɛŋkɒf reɪdiˈeɪʃən/ (say chuh.rengkof raydee ayshuhn) noun visible radiation emitted by charged particles when they travel through a transparent medium at a velocity greater than the velocity of light in that medium. Also, Cerenkov radiation …  

• cherenkov radiation — var. of CERENKOV RADIATION …   Useful english dictionary

• Cherenkov , Pavel Alekseyevich — Cherenkov (or Cerenkov ), Pavel Alekseyevich (1904–1990) Soviet physicist Cherenkov came from a peasant family in Voronezh, Russia, and was educated at the university there, graduating in 1928. From 1930 he was a member of the Lebedev Institute… …   Scientists

• Cherenkov — is a common Russian surname, which may refer to: Fyodor Cherenkov (born 1959), Soviet and Russian footballer Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 See also Cherenkov… …   Wikipedia

• Radiation — Radiation, as in physics, is energy in the form of waves or moving subatomic particles emitted by an atom or other body as it changes from a higher energy state to a lower energy state. Radiation can be classified as ionizing or non ionizing… …   Wikipedia

• Cherenkov effect — or Cherenkov radiation, = Cerenkov effect. (Cf. ↑Cerenkov effect) …   Useful english dictionary

• radiation — radiational, adj. /ray dee ay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the process in which energy is emitted as particles or waves. b. the complete process in which energy is emitted by one body, transmitted through an intervening medium or space, and… …   Universalium

• Cherenkov, Pavel Alekseyevich — ▪ Soviet physicist Cherenkov also spelled  Čerenkov   born July 15 [July 28, New Style], 1904, Novaya Chigla, Russia died Jan. 6, 1990, U.S.S.R.       Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physics with fellow Soviet scientists Igor …   Universalium