Anti-Matter Recipe: Take A Tiny Amount Of Gold, Shoot A Petawatt Laser Through It, Count The Positrons
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 20:28
in Physics & Chemistry
What is the latest recipe for anti-matter? Take a gold sample the size of the head of a push pin, shoot a laser through it, and suddenly more than 100 billion particles of anti-matter appear. The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma "jet." Advertisement: read more
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