Wilson cloud chamber
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of Wilson cloud chamber
Named after Charles T. R. Wilson
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The discovery of the neutrino comes to mind when we think about the Wilson cloud chamber’s attempt at tracking the gamma rays produced through the process of the electronic inverse Compton scattering in the laboratories, or other naturally processes involving electromagnetic radiation.
From Scientific American
The first is the Wilson cloud chamber.
From Scientific American
The best instrument, and the hardest to use, is the Wilson cloud chamber, where the particles make visible tracks of white condensed moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The standard Wilson cloud chamber for making atomic particles visible is a rather complicated apparatus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The energy of the particles and the recoiling atom can be measured accurately by studying the tracks of moisture they make in a Wilson cloud chamber.
From Time Magazine Archive
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