Publication Date:
1978-07-28
Description:
Exposing the human eye to individual carbon ions (6C+) moving at relativistic speeds results in visual phenomena that include point flashes, streaks, and larger diffuse flashes. The diffuse flashes have previously been observed by astronauts in space but not in laboratory experiments with particles of high atomic number and energy. They are observed only when the nucleus moves fast enough to generate Cerenkov radiation.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉McNulty, P J -- Pease, V P -- Bond, V P -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Jul 28;201(4353):341-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/663660" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Carbon
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Cations, Monovalent
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Humans
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Motion
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*Space Flight
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Vision, Ocular/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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