A short review of works done with Cherenkov detectors in laboratories of Lebedev Physical Institute for 50 years is presented. The report consider some issues concerning the use of the total absorption Cherenkov counters on the basis lead glass and heavy crystals in experiments at accelerators.
110th anniversary of the birth of P.A. Cherenkov (Scientific session of the Physical Sciences Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 17 December 2014)

Keywords: electron beams, Cherenkov radiation, total absorption Cherenkov counters, spatial and energy resolution PACS: 29.20.−c, 29.40.Ka, 41.60.Bq (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201505l.0549 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/5/k/ 000360073200011 2-s2.0-84938872909 2015PhyU...58..512M Citation: Malinovskii E I "Total absorption Cherenkov spectrometers" Phys. Usp. 58 512–515 (2015) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 24th, February 2015, accepted: 17th, December 2014 Оригинал: Малиновский Е И «Черенковские спектрометры полного поглощения» УФН 185 549–552 (2015); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201505l.0549 P.A. Cerenkov is author of Physics-Uspekhi