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Anti-Matter Created By Laser At Livermore
zootropole alerts us to a press release issued today by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, announcing the production of 'billions of particles of 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.' This new ability to create a large number of positrons in a small laboratory opens the door to several fresh avenues of anti-matter research, including an understanding of the physics underlying various astrophysical phenomena such as black holes and gamma ray bursts." The press release doesn't characterize the laser used in this experiment, but it may have been this one.
Watch where you point that thing!
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.
It's so simple, I wish I'd thought of it!
Is there anything they can't do?
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The anti-matter, also known as positrons, shoots out of the target in a cone-shaped plasma 'jet.'
Apparently, it seems I can create anti-matter from eating too much TacoBell.
Just use a zpm to power it.