"Askaryan effect" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Askaryan effects [plural]
Etymology: Named after Soviet-Armenian physicist Gurgen Askaryan, who postulated it in 1962. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Askaryan effect (plural Askaryan effects)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: Gurgen Askaryan Tags: particle Synonyms: Askaryan radiation

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