Antimatter Trapped for Amazingly Long 16 Minutes
Technology • June 2011 • Views: 1,204
r, an elusive type of matter that’s rare in the universe, has now been trapped for more than 16 minutes — an eternity in particle physics.
In fact, scientists who’ve been trapping antihydrogen atoms at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva say isolating the exotic particles has become so routine that they expect to soon begin experiments on this rare substance.