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Cloud and bubble chambers
A good explanation of early particle detectors: cloud and bubble chambers. Aimed at A level students.
Observing the world of particles
Introduction to earlier particle detectors including nuclear emulsions, cloud, bubble, and multiwire chambers.
Every cloud has a filthy lining
An article talking about the role microscopic particles in the air play in helping clouds form.
Artist Berndnaut Smilde creates indoor clouds
An artist controls the temperature and humidity in a room to create the right conditions to make clouds inside.
How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?
Ever wondered how much a cloud weighs and how it says in the air. Read this article to find out more.
7-Foot Bubble Chamber
Description of the first particle detector of its type at Brookhaven in which the chamber through which the particles passed was surrounded by a superconducting magnet.
Bubble Chamber
Device for detecting charged particles and other radiation by means of tracks of bubbles left in a chamber filled with liquid hydrogen or other liquefied gas.
Donald Glaser and his bubble chamber
A brief history of the invention of the bubble chamber, one of the earliest particle detectors.