Fractal illustration showing two particle tracks interacting in a bubble chamber. A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent l

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Fractal illustration showing two particle tracks interacting in a bubble chamber. A bubble chamber is a vessel filled with a superheated transparent liquid (most often liquid hydrogen) used to detect electrically charged particles moving through it. It was invented in 1952 by Donald A. Glaser, for which he was awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physics. Bubbles grow in size as the chamber expands, until they are large enough to be seen or photographed. Several cameras are mounted around it, allowing a three-dimensional image of an event to be captured. Bubble chambers with resolutions down to a few microns have been operated.

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