...the physicists focused on the reaction in which an antiproton is scattered off positronium, which is a bound state consisting of a positron and an ordinary electron. In a sense, positronium can be thought of as a hydrogen atom in which the proton is replaced by a positron. !!!
Whoever thought of trying that... Brilliant!
To: LibWhacker
Such a pleasure to see real calculations that can be tested. But they are never going to get rich and famous that way.
2 posted on
05/21/2015 12:43:01 AM PDT by
Chaguito
To: LibWhacker
THAT’S RACIST!!
You’re just....uhh.......hydrogenophobe!
3 posted on
05/21/2015 12:57:28 AM PDT by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: LibWhacker
Electron-positron pairs are created in nature all the time. The sun creates huge amounts of them constantly, but they decay almost instantly into gamma rays. Apparently they found a way for anti-protons to “steal” the positrons before the 0.1 nanoseconds are up.
4 posted on
05/21/2015 1:03:19 AM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: LibWhacker
What if by some miscalculation, this study of antihydrogen causes an unexpected fusion reaction; more powerful than a hydrogen bomb?
5 posted on
05/21/2015 1:13:00 AM PDT by
jonrick46
(The Left has a mental deficiency: A totalitarian mindset..)
To: LibWhacker
correct me if I’m wrong (which I’m sure someone will) didn’t they decide not too long ago that the big bang didn’t happen?
To: LibWhacker
To: LibWhacker
13 posted on
05/21/2015 7:05:50 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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