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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: GreatJoeMcCarthy
Given that a kilogram of anti-matter could be used to make a 50 megaton bomb (or lots of little bombs), I have some uses.
Storage is one step
Economical production is another.
Apparently, they have confirmed that there are millions of tons of this stuff trapped in the magnetic belt around Earth.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:03:08 PM PST
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: Domandred
I think another corollary is that things are only IMPOSSIBLE until someone figures out how to do it.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:04:56 PM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(III, Alarm and Muster)
To: MindBender26
There is some chance that the CERN experiments could lead to the end of the world, and perhaps the end of the universe. It is a infinitesimal chance, but it is a chance.Great. I'll take antimatter and the points for a hundred.
To: TheThirdRuffian
Reminds me of the Californium Bomb project. One ton TNT equivalent out of a grenade launcher.
Seriously, it may take 100 years, but antimatter will make great starship fuel. It can also be used to catalyze hydrogen fusion for spaceships IIRC.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:08:23 PM PST
by
darth
To: GreatJoeMcCarthy
Its a good thing those Europeans have wasted billions of dollars so they could trap 38 sub-atomic particles for a fraction of a second"If I could catch time in a bottle, there's nothing that I'd rather do..."
To: GreatJoeMcCarthy
Its a good thing those Europeans have wasted billions of dollars so they could trap 38 sub-atomic particles for a fraction of a second. We wouldnt want them to waste that money trying to improve the economies of Portugal, Spain, or Ireland, or anything like that.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.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:21:04 PM PST
by
Drew68
To: NormsRevenge
So these guys can be trapped in a magnetic field, just like normal matter.
Which is pretty cool, but 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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posted on
11/17/2010 3:23:53 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: Talisker
Sorry, was not a math major. :)
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:32:30 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: Domandred
My first wife, diarrhea and Obama are all proof of that statement!
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:36:32 PM PST
by
MindBender26
(Fighting the "con" in Conservatism on FR since 1998.)
To: MindBender26
One in a million? Yikes.
What are the chances that it will be one in a million? One in a billion?
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:38:50 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: NormsRevenge
GreenPeace, The ACLU and CAIR immediately called for a release of the atom and halt to any further trapping of poor innocent antimatter atoms.
a large grant should be considered for the person who discovers the anti-matter greenpeace, ACLU, and Cair...imagine if it was introduced into the world....POOF!
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:41:33 PM PST
by
terycarl
(interested and informed)
To: Dead Corpse
Or maybe we create the possibility by simply “observing” it.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:41:56 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: GreatJoeMcCarthy
Without research of space and non-Newtonian physics, humanity(possibly the only intelligent life in the universe) will meet certain doom on this ever-changing planet.
Unfortunately, I fear that saving us from our own stupidity, greed and laziness will take more effort than crossing the galaxy.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:43:27 PM PST
by
varyouga
(Obama doesn't care about white people!)
To: r9etb
Which is pretty cool, but 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? So, are you postulating the existence of an anti-magnetic field :)?
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:44:46 PM PST
by
MCH
To: r9etb
Anything with a charge, can be trapped in a magnetic field.
If I remember correctly, a magnetic field is produced by a (another) charge in motion.
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posted on
11/17/2010 3:46:08 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: Talisker
"Doesn't Matter".
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:02:03 PM PST
by
Defiant
(I'm a Fabian Constitutionalist. Roll back FDR and progressivism!)
To: Talisker; MindBender26
You are both wrong.
It’s 50/50. It will either happen, or it won’t.
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:04:24 PM PST
by
UCANSEE2
(Lame and ill-informed post)
To: MindBender26
i think they are called Brazillions...
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:05:00 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: MindBender26
Sorry, was not a math major. :) Me either, that's why I'm so confident with numbers. : )
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:07:20 PM PST
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
11/17/2010 4:12:50 PM PST
by
Bratch
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