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UFN, 2009 Volume 179, Number 11, Pages 1161–1173 (Mi ufn840)
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P. N. LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE — 75 YEARS

Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation: discovery and applications

B. M. Bolotovskii

P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract: An account is given of how the Vavilov–Cherenkov effect was discovered. Some important applications of the effect are described.

PACS: 01.30.Bb, 01.65.+g, 29.40.Ka, 41.60.Bq

Received: July 6, 2009

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200911c.1161


 English version: Physics–Uspekhi, 2009, 52:11, 1099–1110

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