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Article #716Re: differences between sound and light waves?
From: Bill Tanenbaum
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1988 06:11
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1988 06:11
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< A stick breaking under foot generates a (sonic) shock wave (chaotic behavior < due to parts of the stick moving faster than the speed of sound ?) -- I < don't think there is analogous light behaviour in the everyday world < (aurora borealis?). ------ There is analogous light behavior. It's called Cherenkov radiation. It occurs when particles travel through a transparent medium faster than the speed of light in that medium. It occurs in the everyday world, but not so as you'd notice. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Bill Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.physics Subject: Re: differences between sound and light waves? Keywords: macroscopic behaviour Message-ID: <4809@ihlpg.ATT.COM> Date: 12 Feb 88 06:11:57 GMT References: <413@prlb2.UUCP> <4110@aw.sei.cmu.edu> <6917@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 11