Chrenkov Light

["William G. Nabor" <wgnabor@uci.edu>]

RADSAFERS,
   Are the various wavelengths for Chrenkov light mentioned in this thread
only maxima?  (i.e., is Cherenkov light monochromatic?  It does not appear
to be, at least in water.)
    Pulsing a TRIGA reactor by blowing all the control rods out
of the core simultaneously by compressed air (note to power reactor
people:  Don't try this at your site!) produces a flash of
brilliantly white light.  This has been known to seriously frighten
visitors from certain national labs when a pulse is sprung on them
for the first time.  Especially so because it is accompanied by a
loud bang from the compressed air.
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William G. Nabor
University of California, Irvine
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Irvine, CA,  92697-2725
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