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| '''Cherenkov radiation''', also known as '''Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation''', (also spelled '''Čerenkov''' or '''Cerenkov''') is [[electromagnetic radiation]] emitted when a [[electric charge|charged]] [[particle physics|particle]] (such as an [[electron]]) passes through a [[dielectric]] medium at a [[speed]] greater than the [[phase velocity]] of [[speed of light|light]] in that medium. The characteristic blue glow of an underwater [[nuclear reactor]] is due to Cherenkov radiation. It is named after [[Russia]]n scientist [[Pavel Cherenkov|Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov]], the 1958 [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] winner who was the first to detect it experimentally.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cherenkov |first=Pavel A. |authorlink=Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov |year=1934 |title=Visible emission of clean liquids by action of γ radiation |journal=[[Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR]] |volume=2 |page=451}} Reprinted in Selected Papers of Soviet Physicists, ''Usp. Fiz. Nauk'' 93 (1967) 385. V sbornike: Pavel Alekseyevich Čerenkov: Chelovek i Otkrytie pod redaktsiej A. N. Gorbunova i E. P. Čerenkovoj, M.,"Nauka,'' 1999, s. 149-153. ([http://dbserv.ihep.su/hist/owa/hw.move?s_c=VAVILOV+1934&m=1 ref])</ref> A theory of this effect was later developed within the framework of [[Einstein]]'s [[special relativity]] theory by [[Igor Tamm]] and [[Ilya Frank]], who also shared the Nobel Prize. Cherenkov radiation had been theoretically predicted by the [[England|English]] [[polymath]] [[Oliver Heaviside]] in papers published in 1888–1889.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books/about/Oliver_Heaviside.html?id=e9wEntQmA0IC|year= 1988|pages= 125–126|title=Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age|isbn=9780801869099|author1=Nahin|first1=Paul J}}</ref>
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| == Physical origin ==
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| While [[Classical electromagnetism|electrodynamics]] holds that the speed of light ''in a [[vacuum]]'' is a [[physical constants|universal constant]] (''c''), the speed at which light propagates in a material may be significantly less than ''c''. For example, the speed of the propagation of light in [[water]] is only 0.75''c''. [[Matter]] can be accelerated beyond this speed (although still to less than ''c'') during nuclear reactions and in [[particle accelerator]]s. Cherenkov radiation results when a charged particle, most commonly an [[electron]], travels through a [[dielectric]] (electrically polarizable) medium with a speed greater than that at which light would otherwise propagate in the same medium.
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| Moreover, the velocity that must be exceeded is the [[phase velocity]] of light rather than the [[group velocity]] of light. The phase velocity can be altered dramatically by employing a periodic medium, and in that case one can even achieve Cherenkov radiation with ''no'' minimum particle velocity, a phenomenon known as the [[Smith-Purcell effect]]. In a more complex periodic medium, such as a [[photonic crystal]], one can also obtain a variety of other anomalous Cherenkov effects, such as radiation in a backwards direction (whereas ordinary Cherenkov radiation forms an acute angle with the particle velocity).<ref name=Luo03>{{cite journal|url=http://www-math.mit.edu/~stevenj/papers/LuoIb03.pdf|doi=10.1126/science.1079549|title=Cerenkov Radiation in Photonic Crystals|year=2003|last1=Luo|first1=C.|journal=Science|volume=299|issue=5605|pages=368–71|pmid=12532010|last2=Ibanescu|first2=M|last3=Johnson|first3=SG|last4=Joannopoulos|first4=JD |bibcode = 2003Sci...299..368L }}</ref>
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| [[File:cherenkov.svg|thumb|250 px|The geometry of the Cherenkov radiation (shown for the ideal case of no dispersion)]]
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| As a charged particle travels, it disrupts the local [[electromagnetic field]] in its medium. In particular, the medium becomes electrically polarized by the particle's electric field. If the particle travels slowly then the disturbance elastically relaxes back to [[mechanical equilibrium]] as the particle passes. When the particle is travelling fast enough, however, the limited response speed of the medium means that a disturbance is left in the wake of the particle, and the energy contained in this disturbance radiates as a coherent shockwave.
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| A common analogy is the [[sonic boom]] of a [[supersonic]] aircraft or bullet. The [[sound]] waves generated by the [[supersonic]] body propagate at the speed of sound itself; as such, the waves travel slower than the speeding object and cannot propagate forward from the body, instead forming a [[shock wave|shock front]]. In a similar way, a charged particle can generate a light [[shock wave]] as it travels through an insulator.
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| In the figure, the particle (red arrow) travels in a medium with speed <math>v_p</math> such that <math>c/n < v_p < c</math>, where <math>c</math> is [[speed of light]] in [[vacuum]], and <math>n</math> is the [[refractive index]] of the medium. (If the medium is water, the condition is <math>0.75c < v_p < c</math>, since <math>n= 1.33</math> for water at 20 °C.)
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| We define the ratio between the speed of the particle and the speed of light as <math>\beta=v_p/c</math>. The emitted [[Electromagnetic radiation|light waves]] (blue arrows) travel at speed <math>v_{em}=c/n</math>.
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| The left corner of the triangle represents the location of the superluminal particle at some initial moment (''t''=0). The right corner of the triangle is the location of the particle at some later time t. In the given time ''t'', the particle travels the distance
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| :<math>x_p=v_pt=\beta\,ct</math>
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| whereas the emitted electromagnetic waves are constricted to travel the distance
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| :<math>x_{em}=v_{em}t=\frac{c}{n}t.</math>
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| So:
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| :<math>\cos\theta=\frac1{n\beta}.</math>
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| Note that since this ratio is independent of time, one can take arbitrary times and achieve [[similarity (geometry)|similar triangles]]. The angle stays the same, meaning that subsequent waves generated between the initial time ''t''=0 and final time ''t'' will form similar triangles with coinciding right endpoints to the one shown.
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| ===Reverse Cherenkov effect===
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| A reverse Cherenkov effect can be experienced using materials called negative-index [[metamaterial]]s (materials with a subwavelength microstructure that gives them an effective "average" property very different from their constituent materials, in this case having negative [[permittivity]] and negative [[Permeability (electromagnetism)|permeability]]). This means, when a charged particle (usually electrons) passes through a medium at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium, that particle will radiate from a cone behind itself, rather than in front of it (as is the case in normal materials, with both permittivity and permeability positive).<ref>{{cite news|last=Schewe|first=Phillip F.|coauthors=Ben Stein|title=TOPSY TURVY: THE FIRST TRUE "LEFT HANDED" MATERIAL|publisher=American Institute of Physics|date=24 March 2004|accessdate=1 December 2008|url=http://www.aip.org/pnu/2000/split/pnu476-1.htm}}</ref> One can also obtain such reverse-cone Cherenkov radiation in non-metamaterial periodic media (where the periodic structure is on the same scale as the wavelength, so it cannot be treated as an effectively homogeneous metamaterial).<ref name=Luo03/>
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| == Characteristics ==
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| The [[frequency spectrum]] of Cherenkov radiation by a particle is given by the [[Frank–Tamm formula]].
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| Unlike [[fluorescence]] or [[stimulated emission|emission]] [[electromagnetic spectrum|spectra]] that have characteristic spectral peaks, Cherenkov radiation is continuous. Around the visible spectrum, the relative intensity per unit frequency is approximately proportional to the frequency. That is, higher frequencies (shorter [[wavelength]]s) are more intense in Cherenkov radiation. This is why visible Cherenkov radiation is observed to be brilliant blue. In fact, most Cherenkov radiation is in the [[ultraviolet]] spectrum—it is only with sufficiently accelerated charges that it even becomes visible; the sensitivity of the human eye peaks at green, and is very low in the violet portion of the spectrum.
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| There is a cut-off frequency above which the equation <math>\cos\theta=1/(n\beta)</math> cannot be satisfied. Since the [[refractive index]] is a function of frequency (and hence wavelength), the intensity does not continue increasing at ever shorter wavelengths even for ultra-relativistic particles (where v/[[speed of light|c]] approaches 1). At [[X-ray]] frequencies, the refractive index becomes less than unity (note that in media the phase velocity may exceed ''c'' without violating relativity) and hence no X-ray emission (or shorter wavelength emissions such as [[gamma ray]]s) would be observed. However, X-rays can be generated at special frequencies just below those corresponding to core electronic transitions in a material, as the index of refraction is often greater than 1 just below a resonance frequency (see [[Kramers-Kronig relation]] and [[anomalous dispersion]]).
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| As in sonic booms and bow shocks, the angle of the shock [[cone (geometry)|cone]] is directly related to the velocity of the disruption. The Cherenkov angle is zero at the threshold velocity for the emission of Cherenkov radiation. The angle takes on a maximum as the particle speed approaches the speed of light. Hence, observed angles of incidence can be used to compute the direction and speed of a Cherenkov radiation-producing charge.
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| Cherenkov radiation can be generated in the eye by charged particles hitting the [[vitreous humour]], giving the impression of flashes,<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.3367/UFNe.0179.200911c.1161|title=Vavilov – Cherenkov radiation: Its discovery and application|year=2009|last1=Bolotovskii|first1=Boris M|journal=Physics-Uspekhi|volume=52|issue=11|pages=1099|bibcode = 2009PhyU...52.1099B }}</ref> as in [[cosmic ray visual phenomena]].
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| == Uses ==
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| ===Detection of labeled biomolecules===
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| Cherenkov radiation is widely used to facilitate the detection of small amounts and low concentrations of [[biomolecule]]s.<ref>Small, 2010, 6(10); 1087-1091. PMID: 20473988.</ref> Radioactive atoms such as phosphorus-32 are readily introduced into biomolecules by enzymatic and synthetic means and subsequently may be easily detected in small quantities for the purpose of elucidating biological pathways and in characterizing the interaction of biological molecules such as affinity constants and dissociation rates.
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| More recently, it has been used to image substances in the body.<ref>Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2010. 15(6): 060505. PMID: 21198146</ref><ref>PLoS One. 2010, 5(3): e9470. PMID: 2020899</ref>
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| ===Nuclear reactors===
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| [[File:TrigaReactorCore.jpeg|thumb|250px|right|Cherenkov radiation in a [[TRIGA]] [[pool-type reactor|reactor pool]]]]
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| Cherenkov radiation is used to detect high-energy charged particles. In [[pool-type reactor|pool-type nuclear reactors]], beta particles (high-energy electrons) are released as the [[fission products]] decay. The glow continues after the chain reaction stops, dimming as the shorter-lived products decay. Similarly, Cherenkov radiation can characterize the remaining [[radioactivity]] of spent fuel rods.
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| ===Astrophysics experiments===
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| When a high-energy ([[TeV]]) [[gamma photon]] or [[cosmic ray]] interacts with the [[Earth's atmosphere]], it may produce an electron-[[positron]] [[pair production|pair]] with enormous velocities. The Cherenkov radiation from these charged particles is used to determine the source and intensity of the cosmic ray or gamma ray, which is used for example in the [[IACT|Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique]] ([[IACT]]), by experiments such as [[VERITAS]], [[H.E.S.S.]] and [[MAGIC (telescope)|MAGIC]]. Similar methods are used in very large [[neutrino]] detectors, such as the [[Super-Kamiokande]], the [[Sudbury Neutrino Observatory| Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO)]] and [[IceCube]].
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| In the [[Pierre Auger Observatory]] and other similar projects tanks filled with water observe the Cherenkov radiation caused by [[muons]], electrons and positrons of [[particle shower]]s which are caused by cosmic rays.
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| Cherenkov radiation can also be used to determine properties of high-energy astronomical objects that emit gamma rays, such as [[supernova remnant]]s and [[blazar]]s. This is done by projects such as [[STACEE]], a gamma ray detector in [[New Mexico]].
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| ===Particle physics experiments===
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| {{See also|Cherenkov detector|Ring imaging Cherenkov detector}}
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| Cherenkov radiation is commonly used in experimental [[particle physics]] for particle identification. One could measure (or put limits on) the [[velocity]] of an electrically charged elementary particle by the properties of the Cherenkov light it emits in a certain medium. If the [[momentum]] of the particle is measured independently, one could compute the [[mass]] of the particle by its momentum and velocity (see [[four-momentum]]), and hence identify the particle.
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| The simplest type of particle identification device based on a Cherenkov radiation technique is the threshold counter, which gives an answer as to whether the velocity of a charged particle is lower or higher than a certain value (<math>v_0=c/n</math>, where <math>c</math> is the [[speed of light]], and <math>n</math> is the [[refractive index]] of the medium) by looking at whether this particle does or does not emit Cherenkov light in a certain medium. Knowing particle momentum, one can separate particles lighter than a certain threshold from those heavier than the threshold.
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| The most advanced type of a detector is the RICH, or [[ring imaging Cherenkov detector]], developed in the 1980s. In a RICH detector, a cone of Cherenkov light is produced when a high speed charged particle traverses a suitable medium, often called radiator. This light cone is detected on a position sensitive planar photon detector, which allows reconstructing a ring or disc, the radius of which is a measure for the Cherenkov emission angle. Both focusing and proximity-focusing detectors are in use. In a focusing RICH detector, the photons are collected by a spherical mirror and focused onto the photon detector placed at the focal plane. The result is a circle with a radius independent of the emission point along the particle track. This scheme is suitable for low refractive index radiators—i.e. gases—due to the larger radiator length needed to create enough photons. In the more compact proximity-focusing design, a thin radiator volume emits a cone of Cherenkov light which traverses a small distance—the proximity gap—and is detected on the photon detector plane. The image is a ring of light, the radius of which is defined by the Cherenkov emission angle and the proximity gap. The ring thickness is determined by the thickness of the radiator. An example of a proximity gap RICH detector is the High Momentum Particle Identification Detector (HMPID),<ref>[http://alice-hmpid.web.cern.ch The High Momentum Particle Identification Detector at CERN]</ref> a detector currently under construction for ALICE ([[A Large Ion Collider Experiment]]), one of the six experiments at the LHC ([[Large Hadron Collider]]) at [[CERN]].
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Askaryan effect]], radiation produced by fast uncharged particles
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| * [[Bremsstrahlung]], radiation produced when charged particles are decelerated by other charged particles
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| * [[Frank–Tamm formula]], giving the spectrum of Cherenkov radiation
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| * [[Light echo]]
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| * [[List of light sources]]
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| * [[Nonradiation condition]]
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| * [[Radioluminescence]]
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| * [[Transition radiation]]
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| ==Notes==
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| ==References==
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| * {{cite book | first1 = L. D. | last1= Landau | first2 = E. M. | last2 = Liftshitz | first3 = L. P. | last3 = Pitaevskii | title = Electrodynamics of Continuous Media | publisher = [[Pergamon Press]] | location = New York | year = 1984 | isbn = 0-08-030275-0}}
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| * {{cite book | first = J. V. | last = Jelley | title = Cerenkov Radiation and Its Applications | publisher = [[Pergamon Press]] | location = London | year = 1958}}
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| * {{cite journal | first1 = S. J. | last1 = Smith | first2 = E. M. | last2 = Purcell |journal=[[Physical Review]]| volume = 92 | page = 1069 | year = 1953 | title = Visible Light from Localized Surface Charges Moving across a Grating | issue = 4 | doi = 10.1103/PhysRev.92.1069 |bibcode = 1953PhRv...92.1069S }}
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| == External links ==
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| * [http://astroparticle.aspera-eu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=106 Animation about the cherenkov effect]
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