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

[olds...@tubes.com]

This video is worth watching....

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

1000 Watts audio at Full Power.....

(Lets see you do this with a solid state amp) :)

[Phil Allison]

olds...@tubes.com 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

[Jon Elson]

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

[John Robertson]

By the time you see Cerenkov radiation it is a bit too late to run.
Unless it at the bottom of a deep pool of water.

John :-#(#

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