ALPHA Experiment Animation

[mrmagnetoman88]

This is truly awesome! Is this the first time in history that scientists have been able to capture and store antimatter they created?

[kurtu5]

@mrmagnetoman88

No. But only recently have we even confirmed antihydrogen production in the lab. Since it has no charge, its hard to store.

Penning traps have been used for decades to store small quantities of anitprotons and antielections.

Wikipedia talks more about them... wiki/Penning_trap

[mrmagnetoman88]

@kurtu5 thanks a lot!

[ANDR3W1848]

Fascinating! Thanks for the great explanation of the materials and methods.

[KDaem]

ground breaking, great and awesome science and they use a narrator who seems to be on prozac....

Still, great vid.