Identity area
Reference code
Heritage collection CERN-OBJ-CERN-OBJ-DE-018
Title
piston of BEBC
Date(s)
- 1973 (Creation)
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
The 3.70 metre Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) was dismantled on 9 August 1984. One of the biggest detectors in the world, it produced direct visual recording of particle tracks. 6.3 million photos of interactions were taken with the chamber in the course of its existence.
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
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
not for loan, outside 143.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
CDS number
43881
Object Number
OBJOBJ 0000156
