Particle Tracks On A Star Chart
by Mehau Kulyk
Title
Particle Tracks On A Star Chart
Artist
Mehau Kulyk
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Particle tracks and cosmology. Computer illustrat- ion of subatomic particle tracks (red) on an historical star chart. The particles are seen as coloured points. The tracks result from charged particles moving through a bubble chamber containing a superheated liquid. Ionisation of the liquid by the particles causes it to boil, so that tracks of minute bubbles are left in their wake. Each particle creates a distinct track, such as the spirals of electrons and positrons. Particle physics has revealed the basic structure of the atoms that form the universe.
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May 7th, 2013
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