Cherenkov
Americannoun
noun
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Next-generation observatories such as the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory are being designed to detect very-high-energy gamma rays with far greater sensitivity.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
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 ● Jun. 29, 2023
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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