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  Re: Antimatter atom trapped for first time  
From: Tom Austin
Date: 18 Nov 2010 15:51:47
Message: <4ce591e3$1@news.povray.org>
On 11/18/2010 9:46 AM, 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.
>

The actually got it to last a bit longer

.2s if I read correctly :-)


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