The Discovery of Cherenkov Radiation and its use in the detection of extensive air showers

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2011-01-24

arxiv.org/abs/1101.4535v1

Physics

History and Philosophy of Physics

To appear in Proceedings of CRIS2010: Cosmic Ray International Seminar on '100 years of Cosmic Rays: from Pioneering Experimen

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Cascades of charged particles are created when high-energy cosmic rays enter the earth's atmosphere: these 'extensive air-showers' are studied to gain information on the energy spectrum, arrival direction distribution and mass composition of the particles above 1014 eV where direct observations using instruments carried by balloons or satellites become impractical. Detection of light in the visible and ultra-violet ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum plays a key role in this work, the two processes involved being the emission of Cherenkov light and the production of fluorescence radiation. In this paper I will outline some of the history of the discovery of the Cherenkov process and describe the use to which it has been put in the study of extensive air-showers at ground level.

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