Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mordor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!mordor!@S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:jrv@mitre-bedford From: @S1-A.ARPA,@MIT-MC.ARPA:jrv@mitre-bedford Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Matter-Antimatter and particles near the speed of light Message-ID: <2088@mordor.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Jun-85 10:07:25 EDT Article-I.D.: mordor.2088 Posted: Wed Jun 5 10:07:25 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Jun-85 02:57:49 EDT Sender: daemon@mordor.UUCP Lines: 17 From: jrv@Mitre-Bedford >> To make antimatter, the current technology is to bash high-speed particles >> (protons are popular) into a target, which creates "lots" of particle--anti- >> particle pairs, some of which are separated by magnets (before they >> recombine). > I believe that I've heard that antimatter is also produced whenever a particle > is accelerated very close to the speed of light... > > Tony Guzzi > Merely accelerating matter doesn't produce antimatter. However, if you *Accelerate* a *charged* particle (by forcing it to travel in a circle, for example), you will produce *photons* (synchrotron radiation, in this case). - Jim Van Zandt