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Anti-matter on the Move.."Scientists"
[livescience.com]

phxbillcee 10 Feb 21
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Quote: Positrons (bizarro electrons) do occur in lightning bolts and occasionally show up in outer space, but they tend to annihilate one another long before they have a chance to accumulate. So physicists at the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) physics laboratory near Geneva generate them, Nature reported, by "slamming a proton beam into a metal target, then dramatically slowing the emerging antiparticles so they can be used in experiments."

But it seems they are now talking about anti-protons. Some clarity would be helpful.

I think earlier in the article they made the distinction, & then sort of assumed it later on. Still an interesting article.

@phxbillcee "Positrons ... do occur ... So physicists ... generate them." How is that talking about anti-protons?

@Coffeo I concede, but still think its an interesting article!

@phxbillcee Sure. Just not properly edited.

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