Ok, I have read a bit about Cerenkov Radiation, I understood just enough to know what the guy was talking about! :)
So the 'stacking' of the light is the constructive interference of the polarized molecules that were in the way of the charged beta particle.
If I got it right....that is... ;)
I took the info off that site: http://www.cakes.mcmail.com/cerenkov/cerenkov.htm
Cheers!
-D
So the 'stacking' of the light is the constructive interference of the polarized molecules that were in the way of the charged beta particle.
If I got it right....that is... ;)
I took the info off that site: http://www.cakes.mcmail.com/cerenkov/cerenkov.htm
Cheers!
-D