The muons actually have to be travelling at relativistic speeds to reach the cloud chamber because without time dilation, they don't last long enough. Alpha particles are high-mass and make straight, ...

It featured a cloud chamber to observe the paths of alpha particles, a spinthariscope to visualize radioactive decay, and an electroscope to measure radiation levels. Alongside these instruments ...

Later painstaking research done by Patrick Blackett, at Rutherford’s suggestion in Cambridge in the 1920’s, captured rare cloud chamber images that revealed the full detail of what was happening. The ...

Inside the chamber, ionising radiations like Alpha and Beta will be indicated by tracks in the vapour. Large Alpha particles have short broad tracks while Beta particles have longer thinner tracks.

The muons actually have to be travelling at relativistic speeds to reach the cloud chamber because without time dilation, they don't last long enough. Alpha particles are high-mass and make straight, ...