cosmic inflation...

MandlaX wrote:

So if you were to construct a toy universe (just a model to play with;
nothing practical -- something like a toy battlefield where bishops fight)
where c could be exceeded, then it would possibly have some Cerenkov ....
nah. This is going to get really stupid, I can see...

Sounds like Cerenkov radiation would be very closely analagous to the
shockwaves that Concorde used to make?

Yes, in principle at least. The situation in which you're most likely
to have seen Cerenkov radiation, whether in real life or simulated in
a movie, is coming from a nuclear reactor's moderating or cooling
tanks. There high-energy particles are often travelling faster than
the speed of light in water (but slower than c, of course); the
resulting 'electromagnetic shock-wave' produces a distinctive
cyan-blue glow.

--
Odysseus

Sounds like Cerenkov radiation would be very closely analagous to the
shockwaves that Concorde used to make?

Yes, in principle at least. The situation in which you're most likely
to have seen Cerenkov radiation, whether in real life or simulated in
a movie, is coming from a nuclear reactor's moderating or cooling
tanks. There high-energy particles are often travelling faster than
the speed of light in water (but slower than c, of course); the
resulting 'electromagnetic shock-wave' produces a distinctive
cyan-blue glow.

--
Odysseus

Yes I do recall this. Most illuminating Thank you.

Sounds like Cerenkov radiation would be very closely analagous to the
shockwaves that Concorde used to make?

Yes, in principle at least. The situation in which you're most likely
to have seen Cerenkov radiation, whether in real life or simulated in
a movie, is coming from a nuclear reactor's moderating or cooling
tanks. There high-energy particles are often travelling faster than
the speed of light in water (but slower than c, of course); the
resulting 'electromagnetic shock-wave' produces a distinctive
cyan-blue glow.

--
Odysseus

Yes I do recall this. Most illuminating Thank you.

"MandlaX" a écrit dans le message de news:
...


Sounds like Cerenkov radiation would be very closely analagous to the
shockwaves that Concorde used to make?

Yes, in principle at least. The situation in which you're most likely
to have seen Cerenkov radiation, whether in real life or simulated in
a movie, is coming from a nuclear reactor's moderating or cooling
tanks. There high-energy particles are often travelling faster than
the speed of light in water (but slower than c, of course); the
resulting 'electromagnetic shock-wave' produces a distinctive
cyan-blue glow.

--
Odysseus

Yes I do recall this. Most illuminating Thank you.

"MandlaX" a écrit dans le message de news:
...


Sounds like Cerenkov radiation would be very closely analagous to the
shockwaves that Concorde used to make?

Yes, in principle at least. The situation in which you're most likely
to have seen Cerenkov radiation, whether in real life or simulated in
a movie, is coming from a nuclear reactor's moderating or cooling
tanks. There high-energy particles are often travelling faster than
the speed of light in water (but slower than c, of course); the
resulting 'electromagnetic shock-wave' produces a distinctive
cyan-blue glow.

--
Odysseus

Yes I do recall this. Most illuminating Thank you.