= Pavel Cherenkov
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= Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
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= Pavel A. Cherenkov
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= P. A. Cherenkov
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= Pavel Čerenkov
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= Pavel A. Cerenkov
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<Pavel Cherenkov> investigated the visible radiation produced by fast charged particles in transparent materials. The emission's directional and polarization properties distinguished it from ordinary <luminescence>. Its interpretation as <Cherenkov radiation> relates the optical signal to a particle moving faster than the local <phase velocity> of <light>. His authored lecture connects the discovery with practical detectors, in which the presence and geometry of a light cone provide information about particle speed.<Radiation of particles moving at a velocity exceeding that of light, and some of the possibilities for their use in experimental physics by Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov>[1958 lecture, observations, radiation properties and detector applications; velocity threshold is in the medium]{ref}
A <physicist>.https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1958/cerenkov/biographical/[Independent professional profile]{ref}
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