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Science 28 July 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4353, pp. 341 - 343
DOI: 10.1126/science.663660
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Science, Vol 201, Issue 4353, 341-343
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Visual phenomena induced by relativistic carbon ions with and without Cerenkov radiation

PJ McNulty, VP Pease, and VP Bond

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.




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