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Default Cherenkov radiation - (Watch the musical lightning) [VERY COOL]

Phil Allison wrote:

wrote:

This video is worth watching....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_-2fUm6y0

1000 Watts audio at Full Power.....



** The blue glow is caused by *fluorescence* - fast electrons striking the
glass of the tube excite minerals on the surface.

Cerenkov radiation is a very different thing, happening only with
particles that are travelling close to the speed of light.


.... Phil

Yes, if you see REAL Cerenkov radiation, RUN!!! I've viewed it through
about 40 feet of water in a pool reactor. If there isn't a hell of a lot of
some kind of shielding between you and the glow, you're in trouble.

Jon