Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Michael Friedlander
American Physics Professor of Cosmic Rays and Infrared Astronomy
"There are many more wrong answers than right ones, and they are easier to find."
"In other transparent materials and especially gases, the cosmic ray particles can travel faster than the speed of light in that medium and emit Cerenkov radiation. (This does not violate the basic tenet of relativity - it is only the speed of light in a vacuum that cannot be exceeded.)"