title: [Mechanism of the light flashes induced in human beings by ionizing particles].
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D003623:Dark Adaptation / Q000528:radiation effects; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004583:Electrons; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D011522:Protons; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D011522:Protons
vernacular_title: K izucheniiu mekhanizma "vspyshek sveta", indutsirovannykh u cheloveka ioniziruiushchimi chastitsami.