Re: antihydrogen atoms

From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 21:07:58 MST


Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/23/2002 7:18:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> scerir@libero.it writes:
>
> << propulsion
> http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0110087
> >>
> The paper indicates that several orders of magnitude would have to be
> achieved before such a fuel storage method becomes workable. I wonder if such
> attempts to achieve this level of energy concentration can be considered a
> safety hazzard? If several grams of antihydrogen detonate, would this yield
> something along the order of a nuclear explosion?

Given the nanoquantities they're manufacturing it in, no problem for
now. Maybe when they get anywhere *near* a whole milligram...



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