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meson in a bubble chamber

electrons and positrons in a bubble chamber

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radiation passive detector cloud chamber spark chamber solid-state detector nuclear photographic emulsion dosimeter scintillation counter electromagnetic radiation ionizing radiation synchrotron radiation coincidence counting

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Luis Alvarez

Luis Alvarez

American physicist

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Donald A. Glaser

American physicist