Pavel Cherenkov
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Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov 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".
Cherenkov in 1958
Cherenkov radiation is named for his discovery of the phenomenon; pictured here glowing is the core of the Advanced Test Reactor.
Ilya Frank
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Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Cherenkov and Igor Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. He received the award for his work in
Pavel Cherenkov
…Cherenkov (Russian: Па́вел Алексе́евич Черенко́в ; 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". Cherenkov was born into a Russian family on July 28, 1904, to Alexey…
Frank in 1958
Image of Ilya Frank on a 2008 Russian stamp