♦ nivek ♦ Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Scientists generate powerful antimatter rayFox News "Researchers at North Carolina State University have produced the world's most powerful antimatter beam. 'There is a reactor in Munich, Germany, that has been generating those types of radiation beams for some time now, and our analysis of the data shows that we have exceeded what they have reported,' Dr. Ayman Hawari, director of the Nuclear Reactor Program at North Carolina State, told the university's website. The beam, consisting of an intense burst of positrons, was generated at the school's PULSTAR campus nuclear reactor, which first went online in 1972. A positron is the 'mirror image' of an electron -- it has the same weight and properties of the most basic atomic particle, but is positively rather than negatively charged. Theoretical physicists believe there are equal amounts of matter and antimatter in the universe, but few antimatter particles have been found 'in the wild.'" (10/23/07) http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,304497,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPillAddict Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Don't let the Illuminati know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouroboros Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 This is so Flash Gordon or Star Wars. Amazing, and a bit scary. Luckily they can't make a handweapon out if this yet. A reactor is a bit too heavy to carry around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiQ Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 So everytime this thing fires, antimatter is made? Wouldn't that set the universe off balance, or would it also create matter at the same time? See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Baryon_asymmetry and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise#Angel_Light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Harley Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 So everytime this thing fires, antimatter is made? Wouldn't that set the universe off balance, or would it also create matter at the same time? See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang#Baryon_asymmetry and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Hurtubise#Angel_Light not necessarily... I'd widen the search to a little more than Wiki... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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