Gargamelle

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The Gargamelle bubble chamber, now exhibited at CERN

Gargamelle was a giant particle detector at CERN, designed mostly for the detection of neutrinos. With a diameter of nearly 2 meter and 4.8 meter in length, Gargamelle was a bubble chamber that held nearly 12 cubic meters of freon (CF₃Br). It operated for many years at the CERN PS and SPS.

The name derives from the giantess Gargamelle in the works of Rabelais; she was Gargantua's mother.

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