Cerenkov

American

[chuh-reng-kawf, -kof, -ren-, chyi-ryin-kawf] / tʃəˈrɛŋ kɔf, -kɒf, -ˈrɛn-, tʃjɪ rjɪnˈkɔf /

noun

Pavel A. Cherenkov, Pavel A.

Cerenkov British

/ tʃɪˈrjɛnkəf /

noun

See Cherenkov

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They found that the upcoming Cerenkov Telescope Array Observatory should be capable of spotting supernovae like SN 2017egm from distances up to about 500 million light-years away with roughly 50 hours of observation time.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Such a bow wake is called Cerenkov radiation and is commonly observed in particle physics.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

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