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Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
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| 11/17/10
| Jason Palmer
Posted on 11/17/2010 2:08:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: r9etb
it raises an interesting question about magnetic fields .... what are they, exactly, that they can interact with both matter and anti-matter without destroying it?
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dang. good question. now I’m not gonna be able to sleep tonight. ;-)
Hopefully, one of our FR experts weighs in for some direction on that one.
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:59:47 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: Jewbacca
Where to they get the antimatter? Do they make it? Usually though high-speed collisions between particles. Then the particles have to be slowed down enough relative to one another so that the positron can start orbiting the anti-proton.
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posted on
11/17/2010 5:11:06 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
("The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people..." -- Patrick Henry)
To: Talisker
Antimatter:
I think your refering to Doesntmatter
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posted on
11/17/2010 5:53:53 PM PST
by
Eddie01
To: Drew68
Projects like this used to happen in America back when this country aspired towards greatness. I'd rather see scientific endeavors such as this Large Hadron Collider funded with my tax dollars as opposed to entitlement programs for the stupid and lazy and free drugs for old people.
That's because America has become a nation of settlers.
We used to be a nation of pioneers, and at some point in the last few decades we were emasculated, and have become a nation that is afraid of exploration and the unknown.
To: af_vet_rr
Photo of the electrodes (gold) for the ALPHA Penning trap being inserted into the vacuum chamber and cryostat assembly. Scientists at CERN said they had trapped dozens of hydrogen "antimatter" atoms, a technical feat that boosts research into one of the great puzzles of particle physics. (ALPHA/Swansea/Niels Madsen)
A technician walks under the core magnet of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN in the French village of Cessy, in a file photo. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse.
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posted on
11/17/2010 7:23:05 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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posted on
11/17/2010 7:53:34 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: NormsRevenge
No big deal. I’ve been collecting tons of Doesn’t-Matter since I was 12...
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posted on
11/18/2010 6:49:18 AM PST
by
Paradox
(BO. The Epicest of Fail.)
To: SunkenCiv
Nice piece of work...Now we need to assign them to the “illegal alien” invasion...
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posted on
11/18/2010 1:10:51 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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