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Cherenkov detector
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Cherenkov detector	has definition Apparatus through which it is possible to observe the existence and velocity of high-speed particles important in experimental nuclear physics and in the study of cosmic radiation. It was originally built to investigate the Cherenkov radiation effect, in which charged particles travel through a medium at a speed greater than that of light in that medium.
	is a kind of high energy detector
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artifact	has creator
	has creation date
	has purpose
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physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has mass
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
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	has material

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