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Can Cherenkov radiation carry information? If it can does this mean information can travel faster than light? Question from a physics newbie
by lowestprimate 7d ago
Can Cherenkov radiation carry information? If it can does this mean information can travel faster than light? Question from a physics newbie
- teravor 7d agoit's only faster in a medium, which technically isn't even light but rather electron interactions.
- maxnoe 7d agoCherenkov radiation is UV to visible blue light, it travels at the speed of light in the medium, which is lower than the speed of light in vacuum. Only the charged particle that induces the emission travels faster than the local speed of light.