Comment by wnoise
7 years ago
Yes, it's pretty much the opposite of a dielectric. It's a good conductor with mobile charges, and cannot support any polarization.
7 years ago
Yes, it's pretty much the opposite of a dielectric. It's a good conductor with mobile charges, and cannot support any polarization.
But it's good enough for ANTARES/KM3NET to see Cherenkov light, which I believe requires a dielectric medium.
The problem is that radio doesn't propagate well in sea water (since it's conductive) so you can't observe the interaction from far away in the radio.
Gotcha, thanks.