Antimatter transported by CERN

[Morrus]

This is cool. CERN has been able to transport antimatter across its main site. The goal is to be able to transport the material to other European labs which can perform high precision experiments on it.

The antimatter was transported in a ghost trap... umm, no in a trap containing 92 antiprotons on a truck.

CERN is the only place where antiprotons can currently be produced and stored, which is why they need to develop ways to transport it to other labs. The hard part is that antimatter annihilates on contact with regular matter.

BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter

Today, in a world first, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment at CERN successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site. The team managed to accumulate a cloud of 92 antiprotons in an innovative portable cryogenic Penning trap, then...

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This is a ghost trap. It is presumably not what they are using to transport the antimatter... or are they?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That must have been a hell of a conversation between that truck driver and their spouse beforehand.

 

[briggart]

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[Lidgar]

That must have been a hell of a conversation between that truck driver and their spouse beforehand.

 

[Morrus]

I just love the label on the truck!

 

[Willie the Duck]

That must have been a hell of a conversation between that truck driver and their spouse beforehand.

Bet it was all back-of-napkin mathematics. I probably missed at least one step, but I think them all annihilating at once comes out to about 2.77 x 10-8 Joules of energy.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Bet it was all back-of-napkin mathematics. I probably missed at least one step, but I think them all annihilating at once comes out to about 2.77 x 10-8 Joules of energy.

That truck's lights could have flickered, Willie!

 

[roger semerad]

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This is cool. CERN has been able to transport antimatter across its main site. The goal is to be able to transport the material to other European labs which can perform high precision experiments on it.

The antimatter was transported in a ghost trap... umm, no in a trap containing 92 antiprotons on a truck.

CERN is the only place where antiprotons can currently be produced and stored, which is why they need to develop ways to transport it to other labs. The hard part is that antimatter annihilates on contact with regular matter.

BASE experiment at CERN succeeds in transporting antimatter

Today, in a world first, a team of scientists from the BASE experiment at CERN successfully transported a trap filled with antiprotons in a truck across the Laboratory’s main site. The team managed to accumulate a cloud of 92 antiprotons in an innovative portable cryogenic Penning trap, then...

home.cern

This is a ghost trap. It is presumably not what they are using to transport the antimatter... or are they?

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I always thought the only thing you'd have to worry about transporting ani-matter is powering the magnetic confinement. The fact that vibrations could be an actual problem and that the particles would need to be cryogenically cooled as well to minimize movement was not something I thought of. Always cool to see steps forward in particle physics, thanks for posting.

 

[aco175]

Since everything makes more sense with a meme.

 

[Lidgar]

I just love the label on the truck!

They even have a diagram of what I assume is the containment unit. Might need to try my hand at building one in the garage. I mean, how hard can it be?