Atthe Universityof Michigan,an general groupof physicistshas started experimentingwithits tabletop-sized super laser, moddingitintoan antimatter“gun.”It’snot utterly the black hole-firing pistol,butwe’re somewhat shocked nonetheless. Up until now, machines ableofcreating positrons— joinedwith electrons,they containthe appetite identicaltowhat’s issuedby black holesand pulsars—have indispensabletobeas vastastheyare expensive.Creatingthese antimatter beamson the tiny scalewill hopefully give astrophysicists larger discernmentintothe“enigmatic features”of gamma ray burststhatare“virtually unfitto residenceby relyingon approach observations,” accordingto the paper publishedat arXiv.Whilethe blastsonly final fractionsof the second each,the researchers inform any banishment produces the particle-density outlay turn alliedtothe acceleratorat CERN.Justlikethat,the Longhorns/Wolverines super-laser arms-racebegins again.
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Via:Gizmodo, PhysOrg
Source:arXiv
Timothy J. Seppala
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