Discovery Mondays - 'Particle tracks: Seeing the invisible'
How can you 'see' something as infinitesimal and fleeting as an elementary particle that defeats even the most powerful microscope? Well, physicists have detectors to snoop on them. Unlike biologists looking at bacteria, physicists don't see the particles themselves. They study their impact on sensitive materials as they pass through them at ultra high speed, a bit like seeing plane vapour trails in a clear sky.
At the next Discovery Monday you will be able to find out about the different methods used at CERN to detect particles. There will be demonstrations of the cloud chamber, where particles leave tell-tale evidence of their passage in tracks of droplets. You will also learn about past and current particle track detection techniques and how the tracks are reconstructed into magnificent composite images.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the various ways of 'seeing' particles.
The event will be conducted in French.
Come along to the Microcosm (Reception Building 33, Meyrin site) on Monday 5 March from 7.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. Entrance Free
http://www.cern.ch/LundisDecouverte/
For the next Discovery Monday, on 'The LHC: The answers to your questions', which will be held on 2 April, don't hesitate to send your questions to:
