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Cherenkov effect

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noun

  1. the emission of Cherenkov radiation by a particle.


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In 1958 he shared the Nobel Prize with two Soviet colleagues for discovering and explaining the "Cherenkov effect," the bluish glow that occurs when high-energy electrons pass through a transparent substance.

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