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Also known as Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov

Soviet physicist (1904-1990)

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Pavel Cherenkov was a mathematician and physicist. He is recognized as the discoverer of the radiation that bears his name. His professional output included five works, with one specific title listed as *Kotosenii︠a︡*.

Cherenkov received the Nobel Prize, with his name recorded as Pavel A. Cherenkov. He is included in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection. His life spanned from July 28, 1904, to January 6, 1990.

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Works
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  • Kotosenii︠a︡

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1958

    for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect

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Pavel Cherenkov, matemático y físico descubridor de la radiación que lleva su nombre - Rincón educativo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pavel
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Novaya Chigla
Place of death
Moscow
Occupation
physicist
Languages spoken
Russian
Doctoral advisor
Sergey Vavilov
Student of
Sergey Vavilov
Field of work
high energy physics
Image
Cerenkov.jpg
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Erdős number
8
place of burial
Novodevichy Cemetery
Commons category
Pavel Cherenkov
date of birth
1904-07-28
date of death
1990-01-06
name in native language
Павел Алексеевич Черенков
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WikiProject Mathematics
interested in
physics
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Черенко́в [ˈpavʲɪl ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tɕɪrʲɪnˈkof]; 28 July 1904 – 6 January 1990) was a Soviet physicist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm "for the discovery and interpretation of the Cherenkov effect".

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