Identity area
Reference code
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-DE-011
Title
bubble chamber lens
Date(s)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Object
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Before the days of electronic detectors, visual techniques were used to detect particles, using detectors such as spark chambers and bubble chambers. This plexiglass lens was used to focus the image of tracks so they could be photographed.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Public
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
65cm 112cm 170cm
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Not found during inventory August 2016, 33.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
<2> technical papers The dimensions include the support.
Alternative identifier(s)
CDS number
43843
Object Number
OBJOBJ 0000117
