"Askaryan effect" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Particle physics Synonyms: Askaryan radiation
    Sense id: en-Askaryan_effect-en-noun-Y7f0DgMx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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