Brookhaven National Laboratory Bubble Chamber Records
name: label: Creator
content: Brookhaven National Laboratory
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Electricity and Modern Physics
label: Names
content: United States. Dept. of Energy
topic: label: Topic
content: Accelerators
label: Topic
content: Bubble chambers
label: Topic
content: Nuclear physics
label: Topic
content: Particles (Nuclear physics)
label: Topic
content: Particle tracks
label: Topic
content: Subatomic particles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Brookhaven National Laboratory, through Bernard J. McAlary, December 15, 1994.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brookhaven National Laboratory
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content: Brookhaven National Laboratory Bubble Chamber Records
abstract: label: Summary
content: Materials document the construction and operation of the 80-inch hydrogen bubble chamber designed by the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in Upton, New York.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) was created in Upton, New York in 1947 at Camp Upton the former United States Army base. In the 1960s BNL was experimenting with bubble chambers, vessels filled with a superheated transparent liquid used to detect electrically charged particles moving through them, as important tools in the work of energy physicists. It designed an 80-inch hydrogen bubble chamber, measuring 80x27~25, the largest one in the world at the time.  

Sources: 
The Bulletin Board, BNL Personnel Office, volume 13, number 23, February 3, 1960.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookhaven_National_Laboratory
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.67 Cubic feet (1 box, 12 reels of film, and 6 audiotapes )
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-1974
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
label: Container
content: Box 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collected by the Division of Electricity and Modern Physics, NMAH, transferred to the Archives Center December 12, 1994.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0522
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audiotapes
label: Type
content: Logs (records)
label: Type
content: Motion pictures (visual works)
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Audiovisual Materials, 1970, undated

Subseries 1.1: Films, 1970, undated

Subseries 1.2: Audiotapes, 1963-1964 

Series 2: User Materials, 1963-1974
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH staff, 1998 and Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2025.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: See "80-inch Bubble Chamber" by Brookhaven National Laboratory, http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/history/80_inch.asp.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Audiotapes -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Logs (records)
label: Genre/Form
content: Motion pictures (visual works) -- 1960-1980
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 35mm -- 1950-2000
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 70mm -- 1950-2000
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Materials document Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)'s work relating to the 80-inch hydrogen bubble chamber.  The construction and operation of the bubble chamber is primarily documented in moving images and audio recordings.  In addition, there are paper materials relating to its construction and operation directed towards the user.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Emilio Segre Collection, NMAH.AC.0691

Serge A. Scherbatskoy Papers, NMAH.AC.0936

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

Overheard in a bubble chamber and other science poems/Lillian Morrison; paintings by Eyre de Lanux, AAA.morrlill2

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Records, Science Service, Accession 90-105

Records, Accession 06-134, SIA.FA06-134
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: The bubble chamber itself is in the Division of Medicine and Science. See accession number 1978.2309.