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Cerenkov, Cherenkov|tʃɛˈrɛŋkəf, -ˈrjɛŋkəf|
The name of P. A. Čerenkov (born 1904), Russian physicist, used attrib. in Cerenkov effect, Cerenkov radiation, etc. (see quots.).
1940Physical Rev. LVII. 490/2 The Cerenkov radiation..does not represent a loss of energy to be added to that calculated with the Bohr theory. 1955Sci. Amer. Oct. 22/3 A photograph of the swimming-pool reactor showing its uranium fuel load, bathed in the blue glow known as the Cerenkov effect. 1958Chambers's Techn. Dict. 964/1 Cerenkov radiation, visible radiation produced when charged particles traverse a medium which increases their initial velocity to a velocity greater than that of light. 1958Times 29 Oct. 8/6 The Cherenkov effect for which the three Russian physicists have received their award is the emission of light waves by electrons moving at very high speeds. 1959Times 23 Oct. 17/2 The counters used will be of the kind, known as Cerenkov counters, in which incoming high-energy particles are detected by the flashes of light that they produce when they pass through a tank of water. 1969Listener 12 June 823/2 The bow wave's equivalent for light is Cerenkov radiation, and it is emitted, by a particle travelling faster than light, in a certain direction, depending on the actual speed of the particle. |