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Shedding new light on an old effect

Apr 1, 2001

The best known manifestation of Cerenkov radiation is probably the eerie blue light that is emitted when spent nuclear-fuel rods are plunged into water. The phenomenon occurs when a charged particle travels faster through a medium than light does, and the Cerenkov effect has been studied extensively over the last century.

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