Unveiling the Hidden Reality of Matter
Particle detectors capture the whirling paths of subatomic particles, making them visible as graceful arcs and whorls.
Every moment, approximately 100 billion neutrinos from the sun pass through your thumbnail, and you're bathed in a rain of muons, birthed in Earth's atmosphere. Even ordinary objects like bananas emit positrons, the electron's antimatter counterpart.
Subatomic particles become visible in detectors such as bubble chambers, as seen in this 1978 image, revealing a universe of particles that exist around us, yet remain largely invisible.
We are mostly oblivious to this universe of particles, largely because they are invisible.
This article is part of a series highlighting significant advances in science over the last century, including the history of the atom.
Author's summary: Particle detectors reveal the hidden reality of matter.
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