Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
Antimatter atoms have been trapped for the first time, scientists say.
Researchers at Cern, home of the Large Hadron Collider, have held 38 antihydrogen atoms in place, each for a fraction of a second.
Antihydrogen has been produced before but it was instantly destroyed when it encountered normal matter.
The team, reporting in Nature, says the ability to study such antimatter atoms will allow previously impossible tests of fundamental tenets of physics.
The current "standard model" of physics holds that each particle - protons, electrons, neutrons and a zoo of more exotic particles - has its mirror image antiparticle.
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Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
MuslimBro — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 - 23:42
Boring.
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
You — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 - 23:50
You say that when I get my space ship with a warp engine!
(on the other hand, since it packs 100 times more energy than a fusion reaction, it could be used for some very bad things...)
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
Truth's_Razors — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 - 01:24
I come in peace
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
LookingToSee — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 - 22:10
too cool
but whats meant by matter?
anything?! what thing?
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
You — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 - 22:19
matter is everything really that is around us.
and yes, anti matter is like matter, but the opposite and if it comes into contact with matter, they destroy each other.
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
Truth's_Razors — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 - 22:29
[quote=Lilly]too cool
but whats meant by matter?
[/quote]
Lil - THIS is what you'd be studying if you picked up PHYSICS!
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
LookingToSee — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 - 18:00
[quote=Truth's_Razors][quote=Lilly]too cool
but whats meant by matter?
[/quote]
Lil - THIS is what you'd be studying if you picked up PHYSICS![/quote]
Truth - this is what I'd be studying if MY COLLEGE offered Physics. There's been talk of them doing in NEXT year 😃
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
TPOS — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 - 18:18
Your college doesn't offer physics?!!!!!!! :O Theres only 4 people in the physics class in my college.
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
LookingToSee — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 - 19:36
[quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]Your college doesn't offer physics?!!!!!!! :O Theres only 4 people in the physics class in my college.[/quote]
FOUR?!?! pretty cool..get one to one stuff and if you dont get it...then... =/
yep..well..sixth form..and girl only..soo...i would love to do english lang and now physics..but what would i drop...psychology and...hmm...
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
TPOS — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 - 19:45
[quote=Lilly][quote=ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE]Your college doesn't offer physics?!!!!!!! :O Theres only 4 people in the physics class in my college.[/quote]
FOUR?!?! pretty cool..get one to one stuff and if you dont get it...then... =/
yep..well..sixth form..and girl only..soo...i would love to do english lang and now physics..but what would i drop...psychology and...hmm...[/quote]
:S How/why would you drop anything when your college doesn't offer it?
Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists
LookingToSee — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 - 20:00
no...they might offer them next year! well physics.. english lang is just something i dream of