Of Particular Significance

A Photonic Boom

POSTED BY Matt Strassler

POSTED BY Matt Strassler

ON 10/06/2011

In case you are interested, I’ve written a short article about Cerenkov radiation, explaining very briefly what it is, why it is so useful in particle physics experiments, and how it can be used to test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

Coming later today or tomorrow: a new set of comments on OPERA and neutrinos that arrive before they were expected.

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