Askaryan effect
nounEtymology
Named after Soviet-Armenian physicist Gurgen Askaryan, who postulated it in 1962.
Definitions
The phenomenon whereby a particle traveling faster than the phase velocity of light in a…
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.
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