scintillation

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This pilot study, part of the AO327 survey from Arecibo, serves as a foundation for future research on pulsar scintillation and gravitational waves.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024

With each technological shift, the scintillation of new possibilities meets the tug of obsolescence.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

It will be the largest and most sensitive scintillation detector ever built.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

Then they tracked the resulting annihilation radiation at the farthest edges of their experiment, using two photomultiplier tubes, anthracene crystals and a scintillation counter as a gamma-ray detector.

From Scientific American • Mar. 16, 2023

Above the engine roar comes a loud crack, followed by a scintillation spreading underfoot, as the Packard hits a dark patch on the frozen lake.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides