It seems to me that the blue light cones are heading your way, cos you see them, and so were the high velocity particles.
2006-12-08 15:17:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes I wasn't thinking the light was particularly dangerous, but the particles might be, considering their energy.
2006-12-08 15:24:40 · update #1
Not necessarily. Very little radiation could cause lots of visible light.
2006-12-08 15:21:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cherenkov radiation is just light. The particles that produce it do not have to make it all the way to you for the light to make it all the way to you. For example, the glow from nuclear fuel rods stored in water reaches your eyes through the clear water, but the charged particles causing the glow never make it out of the water.
2006-12-08 15:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was reading up on it and apparently, you get the radiation long before you become aware of the blue light. I wonder if it would show on a radiation checking device. Cover yourself with radiation shields!
2006-12-08 15:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. The radiation itself is not harmful (it is, after all, visible light), but the particles causing it can be. So shielding is appropriate.
2006-12-08 15:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alpha radiation is blocked by a piece of paper.
Beta radiation is blocked by a piece of perspex, query?
Gamma radiation is blocked by a piece of lead.
700 nanometers violot radiation and Red 400 nanometers
2006-12-08 18:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by CLIVE C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you rhsaunders. You are correct.
2006-12-08 15:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Overrated 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋