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.

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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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Example Sentences

Future observatories such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array, capable of detecting even higher-energy gamma rays, will provide sharper tests of these competing theories.

From Science Daily

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

From Science Daily

Observatory2 located in Namibia uses five large telescopes to capture and record the faint Cherenkov radiation produced by the heavily charged particles and photons that enter the Earth's atmosphere, producing a shower of particles in their wake.

From Science Daily

In this translucent medium, the sensors pick up tiny flashes of so-called Cherenkov radiation that forms when a vanishingly rare neutrino hits the ice and creates a shower of secondary particles.

From Scientific American

These faster-than-light events manifest as bright flashes of blue light called Cherenkov radiation.

From Scientific American