Scientists have apparently captured antimatter for a few minutes
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Posted on: 2011-06-06 13:23 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
When do I get my voidhawk to go raid some antimatter stations?
Let me know when they have a gram's worth of it.
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Only advantage an antimatter bomb has over a nuke is no lasting radiation. Of course, there hasn't been an antimatter bomb test so it could be more dangerous. Scientists assumed that a nuke would ignite the atmosphere and similar concerns could occur for an antimatter bomb test.
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Yeah... in fact, there was a small sliver of fear in some of those scientists' minds that the first atomic bomb would actually destroy the Earth in a cataclysmic runaway chain fusion reaction.
Hahaha... haha... ha... <slowly sinking in...> ahem.
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Um, no. If we haven't ignited the atmosphere with the fusion bomb tests then we won't be able to do it with an antimatter bomb. What, exactly, do you think is different about an antimatter explosion that it could ignite the atmosphere when various thermonuclear and fusion devices couldn't?
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Originally Posted by starphoenix
Only advantage an antimatter bomb has over a nuke is no lasting radiation. Of course, there hasn't been an antimatter bomb test so it could be more dangerous. Scientists assumed that a nuke would ignite the atmosphere and similar concerns could occur for an antimatter bomb test.
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There's insufficient fuel available for combustion and insufficient pressure to sustain a fusion chain reaction beyond the immediate blast area.|
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Um, no. If we haven't ignited the atmosphere with the fusion bomb tests then we won't be able to do it with an antimatter bomb. What, exactly, do you think is different about an antimatter explosion that it could ignite the atmosphere when various thermonuclear and fusion devices couldn't?
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In essence, if you were somehow able to release enough energy through your explosion to start and maintain a fusion chain reaction in the atmosphere, everything would already have been killed by the heat of the blast anyway and you'd probably have liquefied the Earth's surface.
What's much more interesting is whether or not we can get any closer to figuring out why our universe is pretty much entirely matter, rather than anti-matter.
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That it's a higher magnitude of released energy? Only thing I've got. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Um, no. If we haven't ignited the atmosphere with the fusion bomb tests then we won't be able to do it with an antimatter bomb. What, exactly, do you think is different about an antimatter explosion that it could ignite the atmosphere when various thermonuclear and fusion devices couldn't?
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There are stories floating about that the scientists and military guys testing the first atom bomb left their cars running, just in case the atmosphere caught fire and they had to flee.|
Originally Posted by galadiman
Yeah... in fact, there was a small sliver of fear in some of those scientists' minds that the first atomic bomb would actually destroy the Earth in a cataclysmic runaway chain fusion reaction.
Hahaha... haha... ha... <slowly sinking in...> ahem. |
Ahh, the joys of naive ignorance...
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Awesome! If that kind of batch production can be repeated in short enough intervals (well, assuming the energy needed isn't greater than the yield), or even put into a continuous process, that's more than enough stable time to run a pulse engine on the stuff. Go particle physics!
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Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
There are stories floating about that the scientists and military guys testing the first atom bomb left their cars running, just in case the atmosphere caught fire and they had to flee.
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And on day people will say that there were rumors that the scientists thought that the first particle collision done by the LHC would create a black hole that would tear apart the solar system or create a strangelet that destroyed the universe...|
Originally Posted by galadiman
Yeah... in fact, there was a small sliver of fear in some of those scientists' minds that the first atomic bomb would actually destroy the Earth in a cataclysmic runaway chain fusion reaction.
Hahaha... haha... ha... <slowly sinking in...> ahem. |
And those of us that were alive at the time will say...you people are ignorant, please shut up.
ps... I'm not calling galadiman ignorant... I'm saying we in the future will call people saying similar things to what was said in the past are ignorant...
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Don't forget all the "duck and cover" warning commercials they had for when a nuke went off.
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Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
There are stories floating about that the scientists and military guys testing the first atom bomb left their cars running, just in case the atmosphere caught fire and they had to flee.
Ahh, the joys of naive ignorance... -k |
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
The gamma particles released will make everyone a hulk!
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imagine if they figured out a way to put 1 atom of antimatter in a release on contact capsule projectile... bullets with the power of atomic bombs.
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You mean several billion atoms of antimatter, right?
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Originally Posted by Durakken
imagine if they figured out a way to put 1 atom of antimatter in a release on contact capsule projectile... bullets with the power of atomic bombs.
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Annihilating one atom of anti-hydrogen isn't even going to produce enough energy to reheat your cup of coffee.
And in the article I read they were only able to keep 7 atoms around for over 1000 seconds and one atom over 2000 seconds. We aren't talking a lot here.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
You mean several billion atoms of antimatter, right?
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595,999,999,999,999,999 atoms off...
or 596 quadrillion atoms to vaporize a person
or 222 micrograms of antimatter
if i did the math right...which i probably didn't.
basically 40 megajoules of energy to vaporize a person
180 petajoules in 1 kilogram worked it out from there...
1 atom of antimatter would be enough to create a fire cracker amount of energy. It'd sting so it'd make a decent weapon. 2 or 3 more would likely be enough to disable a person for a bit.
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Its a good idea to keep an eye on these things.
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Originally Posted by Durakken
And on day people will say that there were rumors that the scientists thought that the first particle collision done by the LHC would create a black hole that would tear apart the solar system or create a strangelet that destroyed the universe...
And those of us that were alive at the time will say...you people are ignorant, please shut up. ps... I'm not calling galadiman ignorant... I'm saying we in the future will call people saying similar things to what was said in the past are ignorant... |
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you know the chances of you actually viewing an actual camera when the actual event occurred is like 1 in like...a lot...
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But how would we get the message that the LHC destroyed the world from that website if the LHC killed us before we could get to the website?
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Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
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None of the LHC scientists really thought that - I mean, the strangelet thing was plausible but so improbable as to be almost irrelevant, but the black hole claims made by various doom-sayers were always complete nonsense (not that the LHC couldn't theoretically create a black hole, but that it would pose the slightest risk to anyone on Earth if it did).
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Originally Posted by Durakken
And on day people will say that there were rumors that the scientists thought that the first particle collision done by the LHC would create a black hole that would tear apart the solar system or create a strangelet that destroyed the universe...
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http://techland.time.com/2011/06/06/...tes/?hpt=hp_t2
Article makes some humorous comic/star trek references, but apparently scientists are allegedly a step closer to the creation, containment and study of antimatter...
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