Bubble Chamber

Inspiration

We wanted to go back to the roots of Physics and try to model experiments done around 200 years ago with particles we discovered afterwards.

What it does

It simulates a bubble chamber with a constant magnetic field pointing into the page. It runs different particles inside and it plots the paths taken by those particles.

How we built it

We used Python and entered the proper equations in it. At every iteration, it would recalculate the position of the particles and plot it

Challenges we ran into

Animating the graph, cancellation and desensitization errors.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully simulating paths of multiple particles and showing what would happen if a particle decays in the middle

What we learned

We learned more about the particles' behaviors across different values of the magnetic fields.

What's next for Bubble Chamber

Applying all known particles to test the theory behind each. Even applying unknown random numbers to see what's up.

Built With

• python