cherenkov radiation
31cerenkov radiation — n. (also Cherenkov) the electromagnetic radiation emitted by particles moving in a medium at speeds faster than that of light in the same medium. Etymology: P. A. Cherenkov, Russian physicist b. 1904 …
32Pavel Cherenkov — Pavel Tcherenkov Pavel Tcherenkov Pavel Alekseyevitch Tcherenkov (russe : Павел Алексеевич Черенков), né à Nijniaïa Tchigla dans l oblast de Voronej le 28 juillet 1904 et mort à Moscou le 6 janvier 1990, est un phys …
33Cerenkov radiation — noun Etymology: P. A. Cherenkov Date: 1939 light produced by charged particles (as electrons) traversing a transparent medium at a speed greater than that of light in the same medium called also Cerenkov light …
34Cherenkovradiation — Cherenkov radiation n. Variant of Cerenkov radiation. * * * …
35Criticality accident — …
36Negative index metamaterials — A negative index metamaterial causes light to refract, or bend, differently than in more common positive refractive index materials. Negative index metamaterials or negative index materials (NIM) are artificial structures where the refractive… …
37Modern searches for Lorentz violation — Important motivations for modern searches for Lorentz violation are deviations from Lorentz invariance (and thus special relativity) predicted by some variations of quantum gravity, string theory, and some alternatives to general relativity.… …
38Neutrino detector — The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, a 12 meter sphere filled with heavy water surrounded by light detectors located 2000 meters below the ground in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. A neutrino detector is a physics apparatus designed to study neutrinos.… …
39List of Russian people — The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history …
40IACT — The IACT or Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique is the method whereby very high energy gamma ray photons in the 50 GeV to 50 TeV range can be detected by ground based telescopes. There are currently four major ground based telescopes… …
