Dark matter Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 I have recently come across in my book about how people are able to hold plasma in a magnetic field, in which the north and south pole reach and equilibrium. Anyway, I was wondering, would the same be true for anti-matter within a vacuum?
antimatter Posted March 3, 2008 Posted March 3, 2008 The only way to contain antimatter is extremely difficult. You would need a near complete vacuum and an extremely powerful magnetic field. 1
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 The way we hold our anti-matter at Fermilab is after the anti-matter is created it we separate it with a strong magnetic field that then 'pushes' it into a large tank where a strong magnetic field all around it keeps it in the middle of the best vacuum money can buy until we need it for something. Like colliding with some protons.
antimatter Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 What if, say, one antiparticle escapes, how much annihilation would there be, and how much damage would it cause?
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 It'd cause a very pretty and very expensive hole in the side of our tank.
Klaynos Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 The way we hold our anti-matter at Fermilab is after the anti-matter is created it we separate it with a strong magnetic field that then 'pushes' it into a large tank where a strong magnetic field all around it keeps it in the middle of the best vacuum money can buy until we need it for something. Like colliding with some protons. How long can you hold if for?
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Until the bill for powering the magnets gets way too high
Mr Skeptic Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 It'd cause a very pretty and very expensive hole in the side of our tank. For one antiparticle?
ajb Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 You should take a look at the Athena project, and the Alpha project (for example). You will also be interested in the Penning trap. Also form CERN is a response to Angels and Demons.
Dark matter Posted March 4, 2008 Author Posted March 4, 2008 Yes, I am familiar with the penning trap. Also, Angels and Demons is a great book that I have read. However, I just visited the Athena project and the Alpha project on anti-hydrogen, and I'm not sure what they're actually doing though.
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 For one antiparticle? The energy given off by a p-bar proton collision is huge. Especially at the velocity it would be traveling to have to escape the magnetic tensor field. I dunno the exacts though.
thedarkshade Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Yep, Dan Brown sure is a load of crap. I bet it is! I got a friend who's Dan Brown addicted. It's sad to that man!
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Get him Stephen Hawking addicted, or Kip S Thorne addicted, or Leon Lederman addicted, or even Penrose addicted for god-sake. Convert the man! Convert him!
thedarkshade Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 I wish! I tried once to make him come at my house, make him watch some science videos and stuff life that, and realize that the bullshit he's in is worth nothing, but you know that he said to me: "I don't want to become a nerd like you!" Speechless!!!
antimatter Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Thank you! Finally someone else who thinks Dan Brown is full of ____
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 My best friend and I actaully actively work toward improving our geekiness factor. For example our plasma converter we are working on should increase our geekiness factor by at least 600%.
antimatter Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Hmmm...A plasma converter... What exactly are you converting plasma into?
Riogho Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 Well, you got a steam turbine right, and a tub beneath it, you have plasma torches burning whatever the hell you want to put in the tub, which turns the steam turbine which gives your electricity to run the plasma torches. All that is needed is a 1:1 ratio. Then all the metals etc, melt down and filter into the bottom, making the best insulation known to man. Which means money. And geekiness. 2
antimatter Posted March 4, 2008 Posted March 4, 2008 That's...awesome... where'd you get the steam turbine? 1
Dark matter Posted March 6, 2008 Author Posted March 6, 2008 Angels & Demons...ugh I totally agree the Author sucks, but he's a fiction writer... and did like some of Angels and Demons, however some of the book was kind of confusing in the way it was bsing me. Stephen Hawkings or even Carl Sagan I think are much better writers, as well as stay consistent to the truth.
antimatter Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 There's a reason for that, Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan are NONfiction writers as opposed to hacks who try to incorporate antimatter into their lowgrade thrillers.
Dark matter Posted March 7, 2008 Author Posted March 7, 2008 There's a reason for that, Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan are NONfiction writers as opposed to hacks who try to incorporate antimatter into their lowgrade thrillers. Hahaha
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