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I recently learned about an activity at CERN. They try to transport antiprotons to a different site for better analysis. "BASE STEP" https://home.cern/news/news
by schobi 2y ago
I recently learned about an activity at CERN. They try to transport antiprotons to a different site for better analysis. "BASE STEP" https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/base-experiment-takes-big-step-towards-portable-antimatter https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/base-experiment-take...
Surprisingly, antimatter can be stored for months. They built a 2.5 ton storage box, ultra high vacuum and magnetic trap and a loading mechanism. In a first trial they loaded 70 protons and drove around the campus on a truck.
Impressive that this is even possible. But with 2.56 * 10^-15 Wh/kg still orders of magnitude from current batteries.
- sampo 2y ago> They built a 2.5 ton storage box The article says 1000 kilograms, that is 1 ton.
- bobmcnamara 2y ago1 tonne
- lazide 2y agoYeah, which works out to 2200 lbs, give or take. Sounds like someone (LLM) then treated lbs like KG to turn that into tonnes again? Dumb. Easy to do if not paying attention.