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