Pavel Cherenkov

Pavel Cherenkov
Павел Черенков
Cherenkov in 1958
Born
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov

(1904-07-28)July 28, 1904
DiedJanuary 6, 1990(1990-01-06) (aged 85)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
NationalityRussian
Alma materVoronezh State University
Known forCharacterizing Cherenkov radiation
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1958)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear physics
InstitutionsLebedev Physical Institute
Doctoral advisorSergey 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]

  1. ^ Chudakov, Alexander E. (December 1992). "Obituary: Pavel Alexeyevich Cherenkov". Physics Today. 45 (12): 106–107. Bibcode:1992PhT....45l.106C. doi:10.1063/1.2809928.

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