Science Discussion - Topic: Time Dilation

[HellHound]

The particles, yes. There's an energy output you are ignoring in this equation. Antimatter weaponry is formulated to be trillions times trillions times more powerful than a nuclear weapon at the same level. The mass the weapon destroys is converted into output energy, which is exceedingly powerful, and is repeated until all of the antimatter is consumed.

A teaspoon of antimatter on New York may not wipe it out COMPLETELY, but it sure as hell can destroy most of it.
As soon as the antiparticles hit something, "annihilation" occurs, which is bad. So they keep the antimatter in a Penning trap.

What is a Penning trap?

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[Tingalz]

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[LordCutlerBeckett]

What is a Penning trap?

A device with a combination of magentic and electrical pulses to keep antimatter sustained from any matter outside. It's also considered that vacuums can hold antimatter to an extent.

>science topic made yesterday, has around 1 page of replies
>topic made about sports ~4 hours ago, has 3 pages

why world
why

I created this topic yesterday and had to bump it this morning because it was on the 4th page. :c

[Wizzeh]

doesnt it also release a stuffton of energy?

Yeah woops I didn't take that into account. That's a buttload of energy.

Isn't it nearly impossible to sustain a particle of antimatter for longer than a second or something?

Yeah, because it hits a particle of matter and annihilates.

[Oasis]

Watch this show:

[LordCutlerBeckett]

Watch this show:

Dammit I was on vacation and that was on next week. I don't have cable.

nom nom antimatter nom nom

don't die ogm

[HellHound]

I keep on missing Through The Wormhole because it's on so late and by the time it's on after I've taken my night-time pills, I am in bed because I feel so tired.

[LordCutlerBeckett]

It looks so damn interesting. Plus anything with Morgan Freeman is lovey and deep voiceish.


I also just realized that antimatter completely denies the laws of conversation of matter, to an extent. To think that all of the physics laws that you have been taught for so long are being denied through advanced sciences... such as this. And to think of antimatter being used for extreme weaponry and fuel... it could change the world just like that.

[Thar]

So I read that when antimatter and matter come into contact they annihilate each other and release gamma rays. How much of these gamma rays are released and how long would the surrounding area be irradiated?

Any ideas?

[Wizzeh]

So I read that when antimatter and matter come into contact they annihilate each other and release gamma rays. How much of these gamma rays are released and how long would the surrounding area be irradiated?

Any ideas?

e = mc^2

[Thar]

e = mc^2

I'm an idiot. Could you elaborate?

[LordCutlerBeckett]

So I read that when antimatter and matter come into contact they annihilate each other and release gamma rays. How much of these gamma rays are released and how long would the surrounding area be irradiated?

Any ideas?

Over large amounts of antimatter and matter meeting, a lot of gamma rays can be released. Basic positron and electron annihilation releases two or three gamma photons, but whole particles, and beyond that extent... It's unimaginable.

e = mc^2

okay lol

[Wizzeh]

I'm an idiot. Could you elaborate?

The energy of a particle is its mass times the speed of light squared. Since the particle is destroyed entirely, all that energy has to be released.

[Dodger]

The energy of a particle is its mass times the speed of light squared. Since the particle is destroyed entirely, all that energy has to be released.

Also the speed of light squared is a very big multiplication factor, so the tiniest amount of mass in that equation will still produce a potent amount of energy.

[Thar]

The energy of a particle is its mass times the speed of light squared. Since the particle is destroyed entirely, all that energy has to be released.

Good lord that's amazing. So let's say it's a gram of antimatter and a gram of matter and they come into contact. WHAT HAPPENS