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Belgium condemns Israel’s invasion of Lebanon:
“The planned ground invasion of Lebanon grossly violates international law. This is not self-defense, but provoking all-out war.”
“The EU and international community must respond with maximum sanctions on Israel.”
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The Memorial to Aurora Mardiganian and the #ArmenianGenocide Martyrs was unveiled today in Yerevan, honoring Mardiganian’s resilience and the 1.5 million victims. Designed by Vighen Avetis, the monument reflects her journey through tragedy and survival. https://t.co/M2JiBTJ0Xn
Gurgen Askaryan was a Soviet Armenian physicist who missed a Nobel Prize for his early particle detection idea, yet revolutionized physics with his pioneering studies of light-matter interactions, discovery of light self-focusing, radiation acoustics, and more.
Missed Nobel Prize: Bubble Chamber Concept
During his university years, Askaryan proposed a new method to detect fast-charged particles using overheated liquids. This idea later became the basis for the bubble chamber, independently realized by Donald Glaser, who won the 1960 Nobel Prize for it. While Askaryan missed this recognition, and it shook him, it also bolstered his belief in his scientific vision and abilities.
Cosmic Rays and Sound Waves
Askaryan discovered that high-energy particles, as they pass through dense matter, create sound pulses. This groundbreaking work in radiation acoustics allowed the detection of cosmic rays through sound receivers rather than direct particle interaction. His work expanded the techniques available for studying cosmic rays and influenced future global monitoring systems using sound detectors in seawater.
Electromagnetic Radiation from Cosmic Rays
Askaryan also demonstrated that cosmic ray showers emit electromagnetic radiation due to an excess of electrons, challenging the prior assumption that these showers produced no radiation. His findings paved the way for the remote detection of cosmic rays, an approach now widely adopted by radio-astronomical stations.
Laser Beam Interactions and Radiation Acoustics
Askaryan’s investigations revealed that laser beams can generate sound waves in matter, forming the basis of radiation acoustics. His work also uncovered how intense laser beams vaporize metal, a process now used in laser-induced nuclear fusion. His insights into light-matter interactions continue to impact modern laser technologies.
The Self-Focusing of Light
One of Askaryan’s most notable achievements was the discovery of light self-focusing. He showed that strong electromagnetic beams in a medium could alter the medium’s properties, creating a waveguide that counteracted beam divergence. This discovery was a milestone in nonlinear electrodynamics and opened new research avenues in optics.
The Askaryan Effect
Predicted in 1962, the Askaryan Effect describes how ultra-high-energy particles moving through dense media like ice or lunar regolith create secondary charged particles, emitting coherent radiation. This effect is now key in detecting ultra-high-energy neutrinos, a critical area of research in particle physics.
Other Contributions
Askaryan had many other works, in one of them he proposed innovative methods for stabilizing electron bunches during acceleration and explored the potential of the Moon’s surface to detect particle showers. His wide-ranging contributions spanned particle physics, acoustics, and optics, cementing his legacy as one of the 20th century’s most innovative physicists.
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