Re: LANL Abstract: on the Use of Antimatter as a Power Source by Extraterrestrial Civilizations

From: scerir (scerir@libero.it)
Date: Sun Dec 30 2001 - 00:17:49 MST


> Amara Graps
> http://xxx.uni-augsburg.de/abs/astro-ph/0112490
> Limits from CGRO/EGRET Data on the Use of Antimatter
> as a Power Source by Extraterrestrial Civilizations

http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/quant-ph/0110087

Bose-Einstein Condensate Antihydrogen:
Its Production and Storage
to Envision Antimatter Propulsion

Michael H. Holzscheiter, Michael Martin Nieto,
Thomas J. Phillips

We discuss the possibility that Bose-Einstein
Condensate (BEC) antihydrogen could provide
the necessary mechanism for a deep space
propulsion system. In a Bose-Einstein condensate,
matter (or antimatter) is in a coherent state
analogous to photons in a laser beam, and individual
atoms lose their independent identity. This allows
many atoms to be stored in a small volume.
In the context of recent advances in producing
and controlling BECs, this could potentially provide
a revolutionary way to efficiently make and store
large quantities of antimatter.



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