Talk:Cherenkov detector

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Merger proposal

It seems plainly obvious to me that Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector should be merged into Cherenkov detector. Both articles are unsourced stubs that need a lot of work, and one is a sub-category of the other. The principle of Cherenkov detection is explained to varying degrees in both. For Cherenkov detector it takes up the majority of the article!! --EvilFred (talk) 15:35, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. Sub-category relation in itself is no reason for merging. Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector and Cherenkov detector are valid separate articles. Certainly the latter still needs quite some TLC, while the former has been significantly expanded in the last few months. -- KlausFoehl (talk) 14:48, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I put the following aspects up for discussion...

what produces the Cherenkov light?

Cherenkov light produced by primary particle
Cherenkov light produced (also) by secondary particles (incoherent emission, example electromagnetic shower or coherent emission, example Askaryan effect)

what electromagnetic band is detected:

what information is used?

and then relating to the above, what Cherenkov detector types exist (incomplete list):

...waiting for your fellow authors' feedback. -- KlausFoehl (talk) 15:07, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are articles Cherenkov detector and Cherenkov radiation. I think that an overlap in contents is unavoidable, but I wonder: should some content in Cherenkov radiation be better placed in the Cherenkov detector article?

I do not think that the two articles should be merged.

A black hole, when consumes mass, generates patterns in its spectrum of electromagnetic emissions, and that acts as a Cherenkov (self-)detector.

note that:

the "black hole system" isn't only its core
layer components of the "black hole system" allow particles to travel faster than light within them