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- From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
- Subject: Re: Making Antimatter (was: *** BUSSARD RAMSCOOP ***)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan8.220141.7545@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 22:01:41 GMT
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- Several postings ago, I referred to an article in a recent issue of
- Scientific American that might be of interest. The complete citation is:
-
- Gerald Gabrielse, ``Extremely Cold Antriprotons,'' Scientific American,
- vol. 267, no. 6, pp. 78-80, 85-89, Dec. 1992.
-
- `Cooling and trapping of these particles at energies one ten-billionth of
- what was feasible six years ago should make possible production of the
- first antimatter atoms.'
-
- Granted, the article doesn't deal with mass production of antimatter
- but it *is* both recent and topical. An ion trap of the type described
- in the article may be suitable for "bulk storage and transport" of anti
- protons in the future... Certainly it would be more convenient than
- a storage ring :)
-
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- Dave Michelson
- davem@ee.ubc.ca
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