Some ideas for storage of antimatter?

Question

1) To store few particles to several grams
2) Antimatter storage in any form: beam, plasma, liquid, solid, gas
3) Better if applicable to all anti-elements hrom anti hydrogen to Anti Meitnerium
4) Links will be ok, but will be grateful to get some new, original ideas.
5) Answers like "I don't know" or any crap will be reported bogus.

Answer 1

I know several people have mentioned the idea of using a magnetic "bubble" of sorts to hold the antimatter in stasis, and that is probably the most practical idea.

However, since you were looking for an original idea, I'll toss out something I worked on in one of my graduate classes. Although it makes the assumption that you can make antimatter in molecules larger than anti-hydrogen and anti-helium (the only two anti particles that have been created). The draw back of anti-matter as you know is that if it contacts matter, it is a perfect e=mc^2 reaction and releases an incredible amount of energy. We theorized that if you could make something like an anti-matter gel from a more complex process, that it would be easier to store and not as reactive until vaporized back into a gas form using a laser and reacted with matter. This process could also mean a more controlled release of energy and lead to power generating devices instead of just really impressive bombs. Of course the gel method is best for space applications since it would need to be suspended in zero g as not to touch a large quantity of matter.

Answer 2

I recently headed up a research team at a prestigious university. We were R&Ding this exact topic. What we came up with is clasified, so we can't talk about it. But what I can say is that it involved self-continuos-looped oscillating lazers (cant tell you the type of lazer) to energize polymer molecules held in a plasma like state. It was amazing. By using the lazer to hold the polymer molecules in a plasma state we theorized that this exact same procedure could be used to keep antimatter from going out of existence. If you read any popular science magazing, like New Scientist, or any scholarly journals you would have read about the work.

Answer 3

Antimatter of types beyond simple anti-hydrogen ions is unlikely - and that is best handled by using lazer to induce stochastic cooling in a perfect vacuum inside an enormously powerful magnetic bottle in zero-g (ie in space) - however if you could create an anti-bose-einstein condensate, I suspect it would likely have useful properties, since it would behave as a single large particle it should be possible to contain it more efficiently.

Answer 4

Tom's got it. Thats about the only way. You'll know pretty quick if you have a total vacuum or not. I've heard the reaction between a teapoon size quantity of antimatter and matter would produce a explosion with enough force to crater out several city blocks.

I'm curious storing it is just one problem. You first have to obtain it and transfer it into your storage device.

To be useful you would also need a way to meter it out of your container to have a controlable reaction.

Answer 5

Store it offsite, LOL.

I like the "magnetic storage perfect vacuum" idea.

Another idea that's close would be to have your antimatter be charged, and keep it between two capacitor plates. Keep track of the position of your antimatter (scan using lasers), and vary the charge on the capacitor plates to keep the antimatter between 'em. Perfect vacuum would be nice for this setup too. It's all rather dangerous, and I wouldn't do this on the surface of a planet.

I hope that's non-bogus enough. LOL.

Answer 6

I once examine an thrilling, if wierd, description of undemanding strategies to save anti-count number. organize magnetic fields, by ability of using large-accomplishing wires, into the style of an total klien bottle, and this can enable flow of the anti-count number by ability of a device. the volume will, for sure, be held in a vacuum. because almost all of anti-count number produced is contained in the fashion of positrons, this can provide us an theory of what's going to be necessary to keep the debris from annihilating with actual debris

Answer 7

Magnetic containment in a perfect vacumn. I haven't a clue how you accomplish this.

Answer 8

I know only about Angels and Demons