Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ur-tut.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!scco From: scco@ur-tut.UUCP (Sean Colbath) Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: New discussion Message-ID: <198@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 23:54:18 EST Article-I.D.: ur-tut.198 Posted: Tue Oct 29 23:54:18 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 01:53:32 EST References: <353@uw-june.UUCP> <8500013@orstcs.UUCP> Reply-To: scco@ur-tut.UUCP (Sean Colbath) Distribution: net Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 27 Keywords: speed of light In article <8500013@orstcs.UUCP> jamesp@orstcs.UUCP (jamesp) writes: >This is called "Cherenkov Radiation," and happens all the time. Often a >subatomic particle is moving faster than the speed of light in a medium (for >example, the speed of light in water is much less than the speed of light in a >vacuum -- ever seen a picture of a nuclear reactor with that beautiful >sky-blue "radioactive" glow? That's caused by lots of alpha and beta >particles ripping through the water faster than the speed of light.) WHAT??? The speed of light in water is much less than the speed of light in a vacuum???? AAAUUUGHH!! Einstein just rolled over! I always thought: 'The speed of light is the same for all observers, no matter what his frame of reference'... If what you say is true, then all kinds of phenomena would open up simply by exceeding this 'slower' speed in water... Eek! >Sorry, but a person who likes physics has a tendecy to blah, blah, blah too >often... Hmmm.... >"All that is gold does not glitter; jamesp > Not all those who wander are lost." (In real life: James Perkins) -Sean Colbath "Dave, why don't you take a stress pill and lie down for a while?" UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!scco BITNET: SCCO@UORVM