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I think you're referring to the blue glow often seen when ionizing radiation passes through a medium like water. It's called Cerenkov (or Cherenkov) radiation, and it's caused when a particle traveling at the speed of light disrupts the local electromagnetic field in an insulator. The interference travels faster than the particle itself, and constructive interference causes the glow.

2007-07-10 08:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by JLynes 5 · 3 0

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