Download or read book Visual Sensations Induced by Relativistic Muons written by P. J. McNulty and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light flashes induced by the passage of a pulse of extremely relativistic muons were recently observed in an experiment at the Brookhaven A.G.S. The flashes are similar to the bright diffuse lightning behind the cloud type of phosphene described by astronauts. Arguments are presented to show that the probable mechanism of these flashes is Cerenkov radiation. (Author).