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  Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time  
From: Warp
Date: 18 Nov 2010 09:46:34
Message: <4ce53c4a@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 17/11/2010 08:04 PM, Stephen wrote:

> > Rah! Rah! Cern. :-D

> Hang on, I thought...

> "Producing antimatter particles like positrons and antiprotons has 
> become commonplace in the laboratory, but assembling the particles into 
> antimatter atoms is far more tricky. That was first accomplished by two 
> groups in 2002."

> ...yes, I was right. They first created anti-hydrogen years ago.

  Creating it is one thing. Stopping it from being destroyed a nanosecond
later is a much more difficult task.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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