Naked Science Forum
Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: syhprum on 18/11/2010 10:24:07
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Two groups at CERN have developed techniques for cooling anti Hydrogen sufficiently for it to be stored (albeit for only less than a second as yet).
http://www.scientificamerican.com/
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'Beam me up, Scotty!" [:D]
Back in the real world - It sounds like an expensive 'battery' to charge!
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If we are using archeological timescales to define soon, rather than the OED definition "The near future" yes, there is a chance. However it may be that "We canna break the laws of physics, Jim"
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For spaceflight you would need several grams of antimatter, and you have to be able to keep it completely isolated from normal matter indefinitely. Since CERN only produced a few atoms for a fraction of a second we have a long way to go, and the cost will be literally astronomical. I think the cost, practical problems and safety concerns will be an insurmountable barrier.
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I feel that the biggest problem will be that when the firsts anti matter powered spaceship is ready to take off the nuclear fusion auxiliary power system will not be ready.
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Uch crap! The warp drive's buggert up - again!
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Uch crap! The warp drive's buggert up - again!
It's like his in the room [;D] *back from the dead too*
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I heard this on BBC Radio 4 yesterday and thought it was being a tad optomistic.
My question is, just how do you store antimatter so it can be used on demand? In a tank made from........ er........ antimatter!?
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Well at the moment they have "stored" 38 atoms - it's held in a magnetic trap and sorted from the charged particles that formed it by varying electric fields. Its gonna be a while before we can get even "the few grammes" wanted.