What is Pavel Cherenkov?
[[File:Cerenkov.jpg|right|200px]] '''Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov''' (July 28, 1904 – January 6, 1990) was a Soviet [[physicist]]. He shared the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in 1958 with [[Ilya Frank]] and [[Igor Tamm]] for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934. Cherenkov died on January 6, 1990 at a hospital in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] at the age of 85. {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cherenkov, Pavel}} [[Category:Nobel Prize in Physics winners]] [[Category:1904 births]] [[Category:1990 deaths]] [[Category:Russian physicists]] {{bio-stub}}