Skip to comments.
Billions of Positrons Created in Laboratory (anti-matter!)
Centauri Dreams ^
| 11/18/08
Posted on 11/18/2008 1:23:54 PM PST by LibWhacker
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-24 last
To: LibWhacker
And to think that some people claim that there’s never anything positive in the news these days.
21
posted on
11/18/2008 11:10:27 PM PST
by
Redcloak
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: LibWhacker
I assume that the energy required to create these positrons is greater than the energy release if/when these same positrons are annihilated, right? So as an energy source on earth, this is not going to work.
I can only think of a scenario where this antimatter is used as a fuel for future spacecraft, because it would be roughly (1000x1000) one million? times more efficient in terms of bang for the gram over chemical rockets. It would still would be extraordinarily complicated and probably not worth it overall. But one can dream.
22
posted on
11/19/2008 9:18:18 AM PST
by
Paradox
(When the left have no one to villainize, they'll turn on each other.)
To: chimera
Making the heavier antiparticles is the the real trick. Oh, no! So electron-positron annihilation couldn't be used as a source of energy? Too bad, I thought there was a glimmer of hope here. :-(
To: LibWhacker
As long as they don't produce billions of Megatrons!
24
posted on
11/19/2008 9:55:59 AM PST
by
uglybiker
(1f u c4n r34d th1s u r34lly n33d 2 g3t l41d)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-24 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson