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Cherenkov

American  
[chuh-reng-kawf, -kof, -ren-, chyi-ryin-kawf] / tʃəˈrɛŋ kɔf, -kɒf, -ˈrɛn-, tʃyɪ ryɪnˈkɔf /
Or Cerenkov

noun

  1. Pavel A. 1904–1990, Russian physicist: Nobel Prize 1958.


Cherenkov British  
/ tʃɪˈrjenkəf, tʃɪˈrɛŋkɒf /

noun

  1. 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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Answers may come with the construction of a huge new gamma ray telescope called the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

Finally, the experiment uses 18 wide-field-of-view Cherenkov telescopes for detecting blue radiation called Cherenkov light that is emitted during air showers.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2021

When the particles hit the water, they will spark faint flashes of blue Cherenkov light spotted by detectors at the bottom of the pools.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 25, 2019

Different types of charged hadrons are distinguished by information from two ring-imaging Cherenkov detectors.

From Nature • May 12, 2015

Cherenkov radiation in the Maria reactor named after Marie Curie, in Poland, June 2010 Photo by A. Rumińska/Wikimedia Commons But here's the really crazy part.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2013

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