Cherenkov radiation is a phenomenon that occurs when charged particles, such as electrons, travel through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium. This effect ...

the Cherenkov radiation is detected, usually by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and the cone of emission reconstructed. The axis of the cone gives the direction of the particle, and the light yield ...

When they slam into Earth's atmosphere, they are, briefly, traveling a little faster than the speed of light in the atmospheric volume. This creates a phenomenon called Cherenkov radiation – the ...

releasing faster-than-light particles and so causing a faint blue flash — the eerie Cherenkov radiation seen in nuclear reactor pools. However, detecting the flash and converting it into a ...

The group's detector design exploits Cherenkov radiation, a phenomenon in which radiation is emitted when charged particles moving faster than light pass ... an energy spectrum can take an ...