Low-cost single crystals that are very good at detecting gamma rays have been created in Switzerland by researchers at the Empa materials lab and ETH Zurich. Maksym Kovalenko and colleagues have shown ...

Cherenkov radiation refers to the photon emission from the swift charged particle moves with the velocity greater than the phase velocity of light in the surrounding materials. Ever since its ...

Right direction: the new neutrino detection method uses scintillation, Cherenkov radiation and the position of the Sun. (Courtesy: NASA/SDO) Until now, physicists measuring the properties of solar ...

After a new upgrade, a neutrino observatory in Antarctica may identify dormant supermassive black holes within our galaxy.

Queen’s physics researchers are part of a global experiment that will use the Pacific Ocean to study some of the most elusive particles in the universe.

Cherenkov light appears when a charged particle travels through matter faster than light can. This effect is the optical equivalent of a sonic boom, which occurs, for example, when a jet travels ...