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Cherenkov

(chə-rĕngˈkôf, -kəf, chĭ-ryĭn-kôfˈ), Pavel Alekseevich 1904-1990.

also Ce·ren·kov

Russian physicist. He shared a 1958 Nobel Prize for work leading to the development of a cosmic-ray counter.

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