Visual Phenomena Induced by Relativistic Carbon Ions with and Without Cerenkov Radiation
- 28 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4353) , 341-343
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.663660
Abstract
Exposing the human eye to individual carbon ions (6C+) moving at relativistic speeds results in visual phenomena that include point flashes, streaks, and larger diffuse flashes. The diffuse flashes have previously been observed by astronauts in space but not in laboratory experiments with particles of high atomic number and energy. They are observed only when the nucleus moves fast enough to generate Cerenkov radiation.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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