Trapping antimatter
CERN scientists have produced and captured antihydrogen atoms.
Published:
June 27, 2011
 An antihydrogen atom is released from the ALPHA experiment’s magnetic trap after 1,000 seconds in this illustration. The squiggly line represents the atom's path in the contraption while it is trapped. The curved tracks emerging represent the annihilation products that result from the released antihydrogen hitting normal matter in the inner wall of the trap. CERN/ALPHA
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