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What is a thermoelectric cloud chamber? It's a cloud chamber that consists of a super-saturated vapor inside a sealed chamber which forms visible trails of mist when radiation particles are emitted from a nearby source.

If you've never seen one, it's fascinating as it shows the radioactivity that goes on all around us. While most of the tracks show electrons aka beta particles, quite a few tracks that are visible are erratic in their path and confounding.

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racocn8 9 May 23
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That's what Tao looks like.

Can you explain further?

@racocn8 My theory of Tao involves electrons moving about and clumping together. I imagine this might be as close to that as we're likely to see.

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