Trapping Anti-Matter: Difficulties & Quantum Fluctuations

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Trapping anti-matter presents significant challenges primarily due to the inability to create a perfect vacuum and the complexities introduced by quantum fluctuations. While isolating a single anti-matter particle using a magnetic field is feasible, scaling this process to trap thousands of particles simultaneously complicates the experiment. The discussion highlights the critical role of vacuum conditions and magnetic confinement in anti-matter research.

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Y is trapping anti-matter so difficult...if we create a vacuum and trap the particles via magnetic field y will it still annihilate?? are quantum fluctuations in vacuum responsible for it??
 
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Well, we can't create a perfect vaccuum.
 
Trapping ONE particle in a magnetic field and then not doing anything else with that particle is relatively easy. Trapping thousands or more at the same time, and trying to move them around and do other experiments with them is much much more difficult.
 

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