Re: [Phys-l] Cerenkov radiation

[ludwik kowalski <kowalskil@mail.montclair.edu>]

I would say particle kinetic energy.
Ludwik

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On Jul 10, 2009, at 1:32 PM, Bill Nettles wrote:

> We were talking about the blue glow of swimming-pool reactors in  
> class today and the question was raised:
> Where does the energy for the photons in Cerenkov radiation come  
> from, the particles' kinetic energy, the particles' mass, the  
> internal energy of the medium, elsewhere?
>
> Thanks,
> BNettles
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