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| [[Image:Sepratist Slipspace.JPG|200px|thumb|A Covenant Assault Carrier emitting cherenkov radiation as it emerged from slipspace.]]'''Cherenkov radiation''' is a type of electromagnetic radiation emitted by fissile material, such as in [[HORNET mines]], when transitioning from [[Slipspace]] to realspace. It is extremely powerful, reaching across light-minutes. This is what gives Slipspace entry and exit the unique blue coloration, and usually alerts in-system enemy ships to their arrival. [[Covenant]] ships apparently also give off Cherenkov radiation, though whether it is emitted by plutonium or some other material on their ships is unknown. Cherenkov radiation is a flash of light produced when charged particles move through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light and is more well known as the producer of the blue glow related with nuclear reactors.
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| It also seems that either a material or the fusion core in the [[MJOLNIR]] armor produces Cherenkov radiation, with steps made with the [[Recon Armor]] to reduce the radiation emmited.
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| | '''Cherenkov radiation''' is a type of radiation emitted by plutonium, such as in [[HORNET mine]]s, when transitioning from [[Slipspace]] to realspace. It is extremely powerful, reaching across light-minutes. |
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| *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' | | *''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' |
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Cherenkov radiation is a type of radiation emitted by plutonium, such as in HORNET mines, when transitioning from Slipspace to realspace. It is extremely powerful, reaching across light-minutes.
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