Warp wrote:
> 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.

Yep. In particular, holding a charged antiproton in place with an electric 
field is a bunch easier than holding an uncharged atom in place somehow.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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     "Don't serve this any more. It's awful."

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