The Antidote to Angels and Demons Antimatter is

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The Antidote to Angels and Demons

The Antidote to Angels and Demons

Antimatter is real saves lives origins of the universe Huge mystery

Antimatter is real saves lives origins of the universe Huge mystery

MATTER ANTIMATTER

MATTER ANTIMATTER

MATTER - + Made of ATOMS A million in a hairs breadth Inside ATOMS

MATTER - + Made of ATOMS A million in a hairs breadth Inside ATOMS : electric charge. “Opposites attract”

MATTER ANTIMATTER - + + -

MATTER ANTIMATTER - + + -

Electron and Positron

Electron and Positron

Why is antimatter fascinating ?

Why is antimatter fascinating ?

Why is antimatter fascinating ? When antimatter meets its matter twin They annihilate in

Why is antimatter fascinating ? When antimatter meets its matter twin They annihilate in flash of light

Why is antimatter fascinating ? When antimatter meets its matter twin They annihilate in

Why is antimatter fascinating ? When antimatter meets its matter twin They annihilate in flash of light

Result of one electron and one positron annihilating at CERN…. .

Result of one electron and one positron annihilating at CERN…. .

…. or many annihilating inside a physicist’s brain At low energies, electronpositron annihilations can

…. or many annihilating inside a physicist’s brain At low energies, electronpositron annihilations can reveal the workings of the brain in the technique called Positron Emission Tomography (PET). This image is of the brain of one of the physicists working with high-energy electron-positron collisions at CERN.

Demonic Antimatter? 20 gm • 1 gm antimatter = Hiroshima • Theme of Angels

Demonic Antimatter? 20 gm • 1 gm antimatter = Hiroshima • Theme of Angels and Demons (a work of fiction)

Demonic Antimatter? Matter (and antimatter)= Congealed Energy TRUE ……. in principle Technology etc =

Demonic Antimatter? Matter (and antimatter)= Congealed Energy TRUE ……. in principle Technology etc = liberate it for use 20 gm Chemistry 1/1000 Nuclear fusion 1/100 Annihilation 2/1 !! • 1 gm antimatter = Hiroshima • Theme of Angels and Demons (a work of fiction)

Result of one electron and one positron annihilating at CERN…. . Looks dramatic but

Result of one electron and one positron annihilating at CERN…. . Looks dramatic but energy is less than a puff of air. The drama is that it is concentrated in just ONE particle - antiparticle

Result of 1 gm electrons and positrons annihilating …. . Looks dramatic but energy

Result of 1 gm electrons and positrons annihilating …. . Looks dramatic but energy is less than a puff of air. The drama is that it is concentrated in just ONE particle - antiparticle Bulk annihilation involves 1000000000000 all together. “non-trivial”

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their research for future energy sources.

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their research for future energy sources. Antimatter holds tremendous promise; it creates no pollution or radiation, a single droplet could power New York City for a full day.

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their research for future energy sources. Antimatter holds tremendous promise; it creates no pollution or radiation, a single droplet could power New York City for a full day. With fossils fuels dwindling, the promise of harnessing antimatter could be an enormous leap for the future of this planet.

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their research for future energy sources. Antimatter holds tremendous promise; it creates no pollution or radiation, a single droplet could power New York City for a full day. With fossils fuels dwindling, the promise of harnessing antimatter could be an enormous leap for the future of this planet. Of course, mastering antimatter technology brings with it a chilling dilemma.

Dan Brown interview: Will this powerful new technology save the World? or Will it

Dan Brown interview: Will this powerful new technology save the World? or Will it be used to create the most deadly weapon ever made?

Dan Brown interview: Will this powerful new technology save the World? Physics Teachers: Use

Dan Brown interview: Will this powerful new technology save the World? Physics Teachers: Use this for discussion of Energy: First Law of Thermodynamics (Conservation) Second Law of Thermodynamics (Waste)

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb?

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb?

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb? Could antimatter ever power space craft?

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb? Could antimatter ever power space craft?

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb? Could antimatter ever power space craft? Did

Could one ever make an antimatter bomb? Could antimatter ever power space craft? Did a lump of antimatter hit Tunguska in 1908?

Angels and Demons is fiction. What are the facts?

Angels and Demons is fiction. What are the facts?

P. A. M. Dirac 1902 -1984

P. A. M. Dirac 1902 -1984

Cosmic rays Energy Creates matter and antimatter Electrons and positrons

Cosmic rays Energy Creates matter and antimatter Electrons and positrons

High energy antiparticles

High energy antiparticles

Antiparticles and the Big Bang at CERN At CERN: 27 km circular accelerator (LEP)

Antiparticles and the Big Bang at CERN At CERN: 27 km circular accelerator (LEP) Electrons and positrons collide head on at near to the speed of light. Simulates (just after) Big Bang Creation of matter and antimatter = quarks antiquarks; electrons positrons…

Energy of Big Bang turns into……

Energy of Big Bang turns into……

MATTER ANTIMATTER

MATTER ANTIMATTER

We don’t know why the BB happened. We do know what happened afterwards. These

We don’t know why the BB happened. We do know what happened afterwards. These CERN experiments have NOT “proved Creation from nothing” (ignore cod-theology; science investigating HOW ? ; not same as “WHY? ”)

We don’t know why the BB happened. We do know what happened afterwards. And

We don’t know why the BB happened. We do know what happened afterwards. And theres a BIG PUZZLE

Big Bang---> Matter • Stars • Hydrogen • Supernovae • Carbon, Oxygen. . •

Big Bang---> Matter • Stars • Hydrogen • Supernovae • Carbon, Oxygen. . • Us • 15 billion years

Antimatter: Where did it go? Why is there anything remaining at all?

Antimatter: Where did it go? Why is there anything remaining at all?

Is the answer STRANGE or BEAUTIFUL?

Is the answer STRANGE or BEAUTIFUL?

Cabibbo Kobayashi and Maskawa

Cabibbo Kobayashi and Maskawa

aaa ANTIQUARKS make atomic antinuclei anti. Matter antistars d u WHY NOT? QUARKS make

aaa ANTIQUARKS make atomic antinuclei anti. Matter antistars d u WHY NOT? QUARKS make atomic nuclei Matter stars u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS s c d u c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS b t s c d u t b c s u d

aaa ANTIQUARKS b t s c d u t b c s u d

aaa IT WORKS! This conference!! But not the answer to life the univ ….

aaa IT WORKS! This conference!! But not the answer to life the univ …. . ANTIQUARKS b t s c d u t b c s u d

Looking for matter-antimatter asymmetry Antihydrogen: First element of the antiperiodic table CERN: 2000 antihydrogen

Looking for matter-antimatter asymmetry Antihydrogen: First element of the antiperiodic table CERN: 2000 antihydrogen atoms an hour

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second =10 billion years

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second

Antimatter and Star Trek: 1, 000, 000, 000 antiatoms At 2 million per second =10 billion years …and you also need to store them….

Antimatter Magnetic Bottle 1 million max stored. A billion bottles = store 1 gramme

Antimatter Magnetic Bottle 1 million max stored. A billion bottles = store 1 gramme

Antimatter and Star Trek: Fact or Fiction?

Antimatter and Star Trek: Fact or Fiction?

Antimatter and Star Trek: Fact or Fiction? The New Mexico company Positronics Research, has

Antimatter and Star Trek: Fact or Fiction? The New Mexico company Positronics Research, has calculated that a spacecraft running on antimatter fuel equal in mass to that of a grain of rice could travel to Mars and back.

Antimatter can never be used as a fuel You have to make it one

Antimatter can never be used as a fuel You have to make it one atom at a time…. . Unless there is bulk antimatter out there

Tunguska 1908 Antimatter? ? ? (No…. . a comet)

Tunguska 1908 Antimatter? ? ? (No…. . a comet)

Tunguska – Antimatter would leave traces. Radio isotopes C 13… From antiproton annihilations Nuclear

Tunguska – Antimatter would leave traces. Radio isotopes C 13… From antiproton annihilations Nuclear detectives Nothing found

Monday, October 4, 2004 • Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons • Program was touted

Monday, October 4, 2004 • Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons • Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their

Dan Brown interview: CERN is now regularly producing small quantities of antimatter in their research for future energy sources. Antimatter holds tremendous promise; it creates no pollution or radiation, a single droplet could power New York City for a full day. With fossils fuels dwindling, the promise of harnessing antimatter could be an enormous leap for the future of this planet. Of course, mastering antimatter technology brings with it a chilling dilemma.

Antimatter is Science Fact But making 1 gm of antistuff Is Science Fiction and

Antimatter is Science Fact But making 1 gm of antistuff Is Science Fiction and it costs more energy to make than you can ever get back, so it’s useless for solving world’s energy needs.

Antimatter – saving lives in PET SCANS --Recreating aftermath of Big Bang at CERN;

Antimatter – saving lives in PET SCANS --Recreating aftermath of Big Bang at CERN; --reveals origin of material universe -- “experimental cosmology”

Antimatter – saving lives in PET SCANS --Recreating aftermath of Big Bang at CERN;

Antimatter – saving lives in PET SCANS --Recreating aftermath of Big Bang at CERN; --reveals origin of material universe -- “experimental cosmology” With such wonders in fact, who needs fiction?

The Antidote to Angels and Demons

The Antidote to Angels and Demons