Antimatter transported by CERN

[Willie the Duck]

So... for the mathematically challenged... is that a lot?

Keeping the math to a minimum-- a gram of antimatter (let's say hydrogen) annihilating with a gram of matter produces roughly a WWII Hiroshima-sized* atomic blast. Said gram of hydrogen is roughly 600 sextillion protons**, or 6.5 sextillion times as many as were stored here.
*I guess that was only 15 kilotons, and the antimatter explosion would be 40, but still same ballpark.
**plus electrons, but those are small enough to get lost in the significant digits here.

So no, not much at all.

But I was commenting in jest. The conversation between that truck driver and their spouse beforehand would have been more like 'so your job is to deliver the most expensive and most fragile material on the planet -- one that has never before been transported so much as across the street, much less across town? You're doing it in a company vehicle, right? I saw what happened to our insurance rates when junior backed into that light post...'

I just love the label on the truck!

...to which the driver said, "no worries, honey, you should see the ride they set me up with,"

 

[Umbran]

No, those are for transporting ectoplasm. In fact, a ghost trap looks a bit too large for 92 anti . . . Negatrons?

No. Anti-proton or antiproton is the accepted term.

Way back when, "negatron" was a term used for electrons that came out of beta-decay, but it was an outdated use even when I was in grad school.

These days, "Negatron" sounds more like a transforming robot character.

 

[aco175]

These days, "Negatron" sounds more like a transforming robot character.

So one could say that it is less than meets the eye!

 

[Stalker0]

So now we are transporting the most expensive stuff on earth. I eagerly await the heist movies to follow

 

[Morrus]

So now we are transporting the most expensive stuff on earth. I eagerly await the heist movies to follow

But who can you sell it to?

Who can afford it, and what use would they have for 92 antiprotons?

 

[Reef]

But who can you sell it to?

Who can afford it, and what use would they have for 92 antiprotons?

On this board, we could have an entire thread on plot ideas surrounding that very question.

 

[roger semerad]

On this board, we could have an entire thread on plot ideas surrounding that very question.

Hmmm... Since it's more work just to keep anti-matter existing than it's worth, we'd be talking about a thief that does it just to prove they can.

No,no,no wait; I've got a better idea. A Doctor Evil style supervillain steals it and announces to the world that if they don't give him 100 billion dollars he'll release the anti-matter from confinement and destroy the world.
The World:
Doctor Evil: Take me seriously, I'll do it. I've got a friggin moon base, I'll be fine.
The World:

 

[Epic Meepo]

So now we are transporting the most expensive stuff on earth. I eagerly await the heist movies to follow

"The killer seems to have stolen one of the anti-protons."

"At least they didn't steal any of the quarks. That could have gotten... a little strange."

CSI: CERN

 

[ART!]

I feel like a truck that says "there's antimatter in this truck" is just asking for trouble!

 

[aco175]

Wasn't this the plot of the movie with young OB1 and Forest Gump and the Vatican?