floofloof@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoThe most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down15cross-posted to: jingszo@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRichard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoNo, it is not deuterium. The thing that differentiates deuterium from “normal” hydrogen is a neutron, while here, we are only talking of antiprotons (without antineutrons or positrons).
minus-squaregnutrino@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoAnti-dueterium would need the anti-proton to be bound to an anti-neutron (with an orbiting positron if you wanted neutral anti-deuterium)
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No, it is not deuterium. The thing that differentiates deuterium from “normal” hydrogen is a neutron, while here, we are only talking of antiprotons (without antineutrons or positrons).
Anti-dueterium would need the anti-proton to be bound to an anti-neutron (with an orbiting positron if you wanted neutral anti-deuterium)