no.7 from 9192631770 series

The engraved shapes are based on still frames taken from a one-second recording of a Wilson cloud chamber. The title, 9192631770, refers to the scientific definition of one second: the time it takes for 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation to occur during the transition between two hyperfine energy levels in the ground state of a caesium-133 atom.

Sculpture

Carrara marble, green pigment
47.5x31cm H48.5cm

Pałac Potockich, Cracow, 2024

no.7 from 9192631770 series

Sculpture

Carrara marble, green pigment
47.5x31cm H48.5cm

Pałac Potockich, Cracow, 2024

The engraved shapes are based on still frames taken from a one-second recording of a Wilson cloud chamber. The title, 9192631770, refers to the scientific definition of one second: the time it takes for 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation to occur during the transition between two hyperfine energy levels in the ground state of a caesium-133 atom.