Physicists measure force that makes antimatter stick together
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Peering at the debris from particle collisions that recreate the conditions of the very early universe, scientists have for the first time measured the force of interaction between pairs of antiprotons. Like the force that holds ordinary protons together within the nuclei of atoms, the force between antiprotons is attractive and strong.