Askaryan effect
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Soviet-Armenian physicist Gurgen Askaryan, who postulated it in 1962.
Noun
editAskaryan effect (plural Askaryan effects)
- (particle physics) The phenomenon whereby a particle traveling faster than the phase velocity of light in a dense dielectric (such as salt, ice or the lunar regolith) produces a shower of secondary charged particles which contains a charge anisotropy and emits a cone of coherent radiation in the radio or microwave part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Synonym: Askaryan radiation
Further reading
edit- Askaryan effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia