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[Phys-l] Cerenkov radiation



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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