Did anyone invent the antimatter gun, or any kind of antimatter weaponry?

Question

There has been a lot of new, weird technologies invented, i was wondering if that was one of them...if yes, then can you provide source?

Answer 1

i don't think so. i don't even think that it can be done.

Answer 2

Antimatter is extremely hard to store, because you must store it in a container that is otherwise evacuated, and you can't let it touch the walls. That means magnetic containment.

However, there are two problems with this. If you store a meaningful number of antiprotons, they will repel each other strongly, and will require absurdly strong magnetic fields (and thus a large amount of energy) to contain them. If you store positrons with the antiprotons, the net charge will be zero, so you won't have to worry about repulsion, but they will form anti-hydrogen atoms, which will be unaffected by the magnetic containment field, touch the walls, and annihilate.

So there's basically no way to store meaningful amounts of antimatter. Additionally, you can't fire it out of a gun, because the instant it contacts regular matter (for example, air halfway down the barrel of the gun), it will annihilate and destroy the gun.

Answer 3

Of course not. But in any case, they have not invented any "weird" technologies at any time. If you can't understand a technology, it is always a problem if you missing the necessary information/education, but it is never a problem with the technology.

Just my two cents.

Answer 4

You have lost touch with reality....big time



Curly ..... Patents are supposed to be feasible not just theory

Seems a lot of weirdos patent things these days :-(

Answer 5

A patent is nearly no indicator of feasibility.
There are patents with claimed functions that are provably categorically impossible.
A patent is a legal monopoly - a cousin of a trademark.

That said, there are several patents with the keyword antimatter.

To find a patent you must go to the uspto website, and search for the keyword.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html

Here are some patents:
1 7,301,150 Full-Text Method and apparatus for material identification using characteristic radiative emissions
2 7,284,987 Full-Text Physical quantum model for the atom
3 7,227,133 Full-Text Methods and apparatus for electron or positron capture dissociation
4 7,200,198 Full-Text Recirculating target and method for producing radionuclide
5 7,127,023 Full-Text Batch target and method for producing radionuclide
6 7,065,411 Full-Text Electrical medical leads employing conductive aerogel
7 7,030,382 Full-Text Crystal-based coincidence timing calibration method
8 7,015,475 Full-Text Method and apparatus for material identification using characteristic radiative emissions
9 6,852,978 Full-Text Crystal-based coincidence timing calibration method
10 6,847,699 Full-Text Composite components for use in high temperature applications
11 6,813,330 Full-Text High density storage of excited positronium using photonic bandgap traps
12 6,775,123 Full-Text Cylindrical asymmetrical capacitor devices for space applications
13 6,667,487 Full-Text Radio frequency trap for containment of plasmas in antimatter propulsion systems using rotating wall electric fields
14 6,606,370 Full-Text System for the storage and transportation of anti-matter
15 6,576,916 Full-Text Container for transporting antiprotons and reaction trap
16 6,562,318 Full-Text Particular agents
17 6,414,331 Full-Text Container for transporting antiprotons and reaction trap
18 6,163,587 Full-Text Process for the production of antihydrogen
19 6,160,263 Full-Text Container for transporting antiprotons
20 5,977,554 Full-Text Container for transporting antiprotons
21 5,948,384 Full-Text Particulate agents
22 5,723,103 Full-Text Substituted benzamides and radioligand analogs and methods of use
23 5,614,652 Full-Text Particulates
24 5,432,718 Full-Text Particle interaction processing system
25 5,377,129 Full-Text Particle interaction processing system
26 5,339,812 Full-Text Three-dimensional computer graphics simulation and computerized numerical optimization for dose delivery and treatment planning
27 5,272,344 Full-Text Automated coincidence timing calibration for a pet scanner
28 5,206,506 Full-Text Ion processing: control and analysis
29 5,205,289 Full-Text Three-dimensional computer graphics simulation and computerized numerical optimization for dose delivery and treatment planning
30 5,159,195 Full-Text Position microscopy
31 5,118,950 Full-Text Cluster ion synthesis and confinement in hybrid ion trap arrays
32 5,063,293 Full-Text Positron microscopy
33 5,058,833 Full-Text Spaceship to harness radiations in interstellar flights
34 5,051,582 Full-Text Method for the production of size, structure and composition of specific-cluster ions
35 5,034,183 Full-Text Apparatus for colliding nuclear particle beams using ring magnets
36 4,867,939 Full-Text Process for preparing antihydrogen
37 4,864,131 Full-Text Positron microscopy
38 4,462,954 Full-Text Energy cell

A quick scan yields nothing.. but the thing patented is the claims, not the title. Sometimes the title is purposely ambiguous. Its a patent version of "camping".