Cloud Chamber

Monday 2 Jul 2018, 14:15 → 15:30 Europe/Zurich

Reception building 33 (CERN)

Please note that we have 28 places for this workshop. Interested students who could not sign up, could check the registration regularly in case of cancellations. 

Particles coming from the universe (cosmic rays) are crossing the earth all the time – they are harmless but invisible to us, also called natural radiation. Cloud chambers are detectors to make the tracks of the particles visible. Some decades ago – these detectors were used at CERN in the first experiments to detect particles. Wouldn’t it be nice to build such a detector at home in your kitchen? We show you how to build a small one at home in your kitchen for your own research ...

LOCATION: Meeting point - Reception(link is external) 

For more information please visit S'Cool LAB's website(link is external).