May 23, 2008
FTL?
What is the name of this sci-fi-ish effect that occurs in some conditions, especially in nuclear reactors?
The effect is named after this chap:
Cracked by: varuns88 , akhi , udupendra , alahk_niranjan , Goyal , yaksha , priyananda and Prasad.
Answer: Cherenkov Radiation.
Happens when a particle travels through a medium faster than the speed of light in that medium (it’s only the speed of light in a vacuum that’s an unbeatable upper limit)
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