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Bubble Chamber Beginnings: Revisiting the Vintage
The bubble chamber PHSCologram sculpture was created as as a a a a a a reference to neutrino detec- tors of the past A bubble chamber is filled with super-heated liquid and charged particles traveling through the liquid leave trails of microscopic bubbles bubbles The bubbles bubbles are expanded by changing the the the pressure of the the the chamber until they are large enough to to be be photographed Neutrinos cannot be seen directly only the the “aftermath” of their occasional collisions can can be be seen and and and the the neutrino type type and and and energy must be be inferred from the the types and and and energies of the the the the the other other particles that are created in the the the the the collision The bubble trails of these other other parti-
Bubble Chamber Beginnings: Revisiting the Vintage
Panel 1 1 2016
Ellen Sandor & (art)n: Diana Torres Chris Kemp
Jennifer Raaf Sam Zeller Thomas Junk and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Special Thanks to Janine Fron
Digital PHSCologram Duratrans Kodalith and Plexiglas
30 x 40 inches