To: Boogieman
I have an honest question.
Can or is the Speed of Light slowed down while traveling through different medium?
57 posted on
07/21/2016 12:53:10 PM PDT by
Zeneta
To: Zeneta
The speed of light in a vacuum is what is universally invariant. The speed of light in a medium does indeed vary depending on the medium. This leads to a peculiar phenomenon, where some particles can exceed the local speed of light when it is traveling through a medium. When that happens, the particles begin emitting "cherenkov radiation", which is kind of an electromagnetic equivalent of a "sonic boom".
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