"Let's look at the cloud chamber" corner at KEK Spring Campus Open House 2022

(English translation 2023-1-5)

Science and Technology Week "KEK Spring Open Campus 2022" was held online on the evening of Friday, April 22nd and the afternoon of Saturday, April 23rd.

https://www.kek.jp/ja/topics/20220427/

You can watch the video of the day from the distribution archive.

In the video on the first day, from around 1:54:40 on YouTube and around 1:48:00 on Niconico, Director Namito of the Applied Research Laboratory appears in the "Let's look at the cloud chamber" corner.

After watching the trajectory of radiation in the cloud chamber with Mr. Shota, the moderator, he explains the background of Wilson's invention of the cloud chamber and the principle of the cloud chamber.

Please watch and listen to topics related to radiation science, such as its relationship with geothermal heat and its application to medicine.