This creates a flash of light called Cherenkov radiation, which is essentially the electromagnetic version of a sonic boom.

The facility consists of 300 steel water tanks equipped with photomultipliers sensitive to fleeting flashes of light, known ...

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 ...

For water at room temperature, this angle is 41º. In a water Cherenkov detector, the Cherenkov radiation is detected, usually by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and the cone of emission reconstructed.

Cherenkov Radiation: Electromagnetic radiation emitted when a charged particle moves through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium. This Nature Research ...

A key feature of the JUNO detector is its use of a water Cherenkov detector. Cherenkov radiation occurs when charged particles, like cosmic rays, move faster than light in a particular medium ...

K. Mohanty, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, explained that the telescope detects gamma rays produced from dark matter annihilation in galaxies, as well as Cherenkov radiation resulting ...

While gamma rays cannot reach Earth's surface, they interact with the atmosphere, producing high-energy particles that emit Cherenkov radiation. MACE’s mirrors and cameras capture these flashes ...