wirelessguru1 Wrote:
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> Thanks, I was actually just reading more about
> this in another site:
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> Note that my initial comment was ONLY that an
> anti-proton does not exist in any "stable"
> form(s)!!!
>
> Meaning that even though it is "theoretically"
> feasible to have a negative nucleus with an
> anti-proton and then have a positron circulating
> it (like the anti-Hydrogen atom!), IMHO that has
> never been actually seen or detected!!!
>
> I guess that when the UNSTABLE anti-protons are
> created in these machines, they are either
> injected back into the accelerator for further
> analysis or when the anti-protons are inserted
> into an actual stable matter environment, like
> with an Helium atom, the anti-proton pbars
> temporarily "act" like electrons until they fall
> into the nucleus and get annihilated!
>
> So they actually never create a stable nucleus!
> That was my point...
>
> eom


Oh My how you duck and weave. define stable-- these antiprotons that are made circulate around as stable particles for a day, while they accumulate enough of them, before they are made to collide with the beam of protons. If you wanted to you could have these antiprotons run around for days and days or weeks and weeks-- but that would be a waste of some very valuable equipment. Theoretically there could be a whole universe made of antimatter.

tsk tsk

Bernard