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chambetHtml@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago

Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months

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Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months

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chambetHtml@sh.itjust.works to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours ago
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For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron — the antimatter counterpart of an electron — into an exquisitely controlled quantum state.
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    Yeah very literal. Would need millions of atoms of the stuff. Actually maybe that’s too dangerous lol

    We have managed to see a single strontium atom - link. Maybe that’s attainable with anti-matter.

    But yeah you’re right, capturing an anti-hyrdogen emission would be an huge achievement itself!

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      Make the glass of anti water on the moon just in case heh.

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        Make that an anti-glass!

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          Shit. See, I already blew the moon up.

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      It’s been done, but not in the visible spectrum: https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/first-spectroscopic-measurement-anti-atom

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