For water at room temperature, this angle is 41º. In a water Cherenkov detector, the Cherenkov radiation is detected, usually by photomultiplier tubes (PMTs), and the cone of emission reconstructed.

While these sorts of muon detectors are expensive ... it actually makes the operation much simpler, thanks to Cherenkov radiation. The speed of light in a vacuum is the absolute speed limit ...

Cherenkov radiation is a phenomenon that occurs when charged particles, such as electrons, travel through a dielectric medium at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium. This effect ...

releasing faster-than-light particles and so causing a faint blue flash — the eerie Cherenkov radiation seen in nuclear reactor pools. However, detecting the flash and converting it into a ...

A key feature of the JUNO detector is its use of a water Cherenkov detector. Cherenkov radiation occurs when charged particles, like cosmic rays, move faster than light in a particular medium ...