Physics Demo

[DerSchnurrbart]

Some explanation would have been nice.

[wickedwickedjak]

looking at the vapour trails left by particles emmitted from a source?

[legoman1986]

not likely. its got dry ice under it. you could try though

[brock999]

can you fry a sausage on that?

[Gobigmen]

hahaha your right hahaha!!! i cant stop laught hahahaahahaa

[kidXS]

nice.. what am i looking at?

[superultimatejesus]

Particles of ionizing radiation.

It's a macroscopic way to see atomic and subatomic particles.

Vurry interesting.

[mothity]

your looking at matter and antimatter being created in a chamber, although its only the antimatter that gets created. they annihalate each other because of their opposite charges, giving out gamma radiation.

[bonzonobeans]

Well, kinda!

The dominant process is gamma rays, which are formed in the chamber after the passage of cosmic rays. The cosmic rays have, well, a cosmic origin.

Antimatter isn't formed in the chamber, gamma rays however, are really just energetic electrons which have been excited by the passing of the high (much much higher) energy cosmic rays.

[mothity]

thanks for the extra insight :) i was a bit unsure of what i wrote, myself. although im sure that gamma rays are high energy photons aas opposed to elecrons