Sakharov stated that the CP-breaking favours the disappearance of antimatter. It was a short-lived relief and in 1964 an American team discovered processes that did not comply with the CP-symmetry. In order to save the CPT theorem it was assumed that the C-symmetry was also broken in kaon system. In 1956 a Chinese team showed that kaons break the P-symmetry. The likeness of both worlds was explained by the fact that particles and anti-particles must comply with CPT invariance. P.Dirac introduced the concept of antimatter in 1932 and since then the counterpart in the antimatter world of most particles has been discovered. “Experiments measuring the diffuse gamma-ray background in the Universe would be able.Īntimatter is a challenge to physicists.
If the Universe contained antimatter regions, we would be able to observe intense fluxes of photons at the boundaries of the matter/ antimatter regions. Antimatter is produced routinely when cosmic rays hit the Earth's atmosphere, and the annihilations of matter and antimatter are observed during physics experiments in particle accelerators. Conversely, when matter and antimatter meet, they annihilate and produce light. Â Every time that matter is created from pure energy, equal amounts of particles and antiparticles are generated. Where has it gone? The LHC experiments have the potential to unveil natural processes that could hold the key to solving this paradox. A discussion of the current research, the needed engineering requirements, and a survey of current research is presentedįor many years, the absence of antimatter in the Universe has tantalised particle physicists and cosmologists: while the Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter, we do not observe any primordial antimatter today. Specifically, this paper will address the possibility of designing a solid-state containment system that will safely hold antimatter in quantities dense enough to be of any engineering utility. The goal of this paper is to review current approaches and discuss possible alternative pathways to antimatter containment.
Key to this technological advance is identifying one or more pathways to achieve safe reliable containment of antimatter in sufficient quantities to be useful on an engineering and industrial scale. Immediate applications in propulsion, medicine, and instrumentation have already been envisioned and many others are yet to be considered. Weiss, A.H.Īntimatter containment is a gateway technology for future advancements in many areas. International Nuclear Information System (INIS)
Alternative pathways to antimatter containment
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