Pavel Cherenkov
Павел Черенков · Pavel Cherenkov
1904–1990
He found a blue light in water. The Nobel Prize was shared.
He was born in Novaya Chigla, in the Voronezh lands.
He saw a blue light made by very fast particles in water.
The Nobel Prize was shared with Igor Tamm and Ilya Frank.
Places
- Voronezh lands
Made or found
- Cherenkov light. Pavel Cherenkov found a blue light in water. The Nobel Prize was shared with Igor Tamm and Ilya Frank.