Why does antimatter annihilate even in a magnetic trap in a vacuum?

  • Level: Graduate 
  • Thread starter Thread starter ASD16
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Anti-matter
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Start your own thread to ask a follow-up.
2 replies · 2K views
ASD16
Messages
15
Reaction score
0
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??
 
Physics news on Phys.org
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.