Pavel Cherenkov
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Pavel Cherenkov | |
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Павел Черенков | |
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | Voronezh State University |
Known for | Characterizing Cherenkov radiation |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1958) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Nuclear physics |
Institutions | Lebedev Physical Institute |
Doctoral advisor | Sergey Vavilov |
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Черенко́в [ˈpavʲɪl ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrʲɪnˈkof]; July 28, 1904 – January 6, 1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934.[1]
Biography
Cherenkov was born in 1904 to Alexey Cherenkov and Mariya Cherenkova in the small village of Novaya Chigla. This town is in present-day Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
In 1928, he graduated from the Department of Physics and Mathematics of
Cherenkov was promoted to section leader, and in 1940 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Physico-Mathematical Sciences. In 1953, he was confirmed as Professor of Experimental Physics. Starting in 1959, he headed the institute's
Cherenkov died in Moscow on January 6, 1990, and was buried in Novodevichy Cemetery.
Discoveries in physics
In 1934, while working under
Pavel Cherenkov also shared in the development and construction of electron accelerators and in the investigation of photo-nuclear and photo-meson reactions.
Awards and honours
Cherenkov was awarded two
In popular culture
The novel Ghost Fleet makes the claim that many believe the Star Trek character Pavel Chekov is named after Pavel Cherenkov.[3]
In Starship Troopers spaceships travel faster than light using Cherenkov Drive.
References
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- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1958".
- ISBN 9780544145979– via Google Books.
External links
- Media related to Pavel Cherenkov at Wikimedia Commons
- Cherenkov's photo – from the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Pavel Cherenkov on Nobelprize.org including his Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1958 Radiation of Particles Moving at a Velocity Exceeding That of Light, and Some of the Possibilities for Their Use in Experimental Physics