[Mechanism of the light flashes induced in human beings by ionizing particles]. / K izucheniiu mekhanizma "vspyshek sveta", indutsirovannykh u cheloveka ioniziruiushchimi chastitsami.

Exposure of a dark adapted human eye to weak proton beams of different energy for which the yield of Cerenkov radiation varies by approximately 50 times, the other characteristics being virtually the same, showed that this radiation was mainly responsible for visual sensation.

[The role of Vavilov-Cherenkov radiation in visual sensations induced by protons]. / Rol' izlucheniia Vavilova-Cherenkova v zritel'nykh oshchushcheniiakh, vyzvannykh protonami.

The sensitivity of human eyes to ionizing particles and the mechanism of their detection were studied. The experimental data obtained by protons with very different intensity of Cherenkov radiation in the vitreous humour (460 and 1850 MeV) showed that Cherenkov radiation plays an essential role in the visual sensation.