Cherenkov Radiation: Can Neutrinos Emit Light?

[cragar]

I was watching a video about Cherenkov radiation, and they had these big water filled detectors. They said they were used to study neutrino interactions. But only charged particles or particles with a magnetic field can emit cherenkov light. So the neutrinos can't emit Cherenkov light, they are just using this effect to study them indirectly. SO can neutrinos emit Cherenkov light?

 

[mfb]

No, they cannot. But neutrinos can transfer momentum to other particles or transform into leptons (and convert a proton to a neutron or vice versa). This can lead to high-energetic charged particles, and their Cherenkov radiation can be detected.