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Tracking particles

The Big European Bubble Chamber (BEBC) at CERN was used from the late 1960s until 1984 and is now on public display
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Bubble chamber photographs reveal the motions of charged particles in magnetic fields and can be analysed using conservation of charge, energy and momentum. When considering momentum, vector diagrams are useful.

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