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[[Imago:TrigaReactorCore.jpeg|thumb|Radiatio Cerenkov in reactore TRIG candet]]

 

 

'''Čerenkov radiation''' (also spelled '''Cerenkov''' or '''Cherenkov''') is [[electromagnetic radiation]] emitted when a [[electric charge|charged]] [[particle physics|particle]] passes through an [[Electrical insulation|insulator]] at a [[speed]] greater than the [[speed of light]] in that medium. The characteristic "blue glow" of [[nuclear reactor]]s is due to Čerenkov radiation. It is named after [[Russians|Russian]] scientist [[Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov]], the [[1958]] [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] winner who was the first to rigorously characterize it.