CERN just managed to transport antimatter via truck, and people are asking what happens if it gets into an accident.
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CERN just managed to transport antimatter via truck, and people are asking what happens if it gets into an accident. the answer is... a car accident.
the energy equivalence of antimatter is huge — 10¹⁷J/kg, but the amount is tiny — 92 protons. it's so tiny that if i placed all 92 in your hand, the destruction and release of energy would feel less warm than mere sunlight, by a factor of at least a few thousands.
i'd be more worried about the 2-ton magnetic containment machine in that truck.
@Yuvalne are we not worried about a cascade of subatomic particles when the antimatter escapes? I'm less concerned about a big kaboom then I am fissures in quantum energy disrupting things in ways we don't yet understand.
Like, bikini atoll seemed like a good idea: at the time
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CERN just managed to transport antimatter via truck, and people are asking what happens if it gets into an accident. the answer is... a car accident.
the energy equivalence of antimatter is huge — 10¹⁷J/kg, but the amount is tiny — 92 protons. it's so tiny that if i placed all 92 in your hand, the destruction and release of energy would feel less warm than mere sunlight, by a factor of at least a few thousands.
i'd be more worried about the 2-ton magnetic containment machine in that truck.
@Yuvalne I would have been more excited to hear they transported it by starship
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@burnoutqueen @Yuvalne I have no idea what the plan is for "we'd like to drive our bomb on the highway" but probably about the same as any other time we put dramatic science stuff on the roads
@SnoopJ because it's over here and we want it over there but it's too big for a missile?
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@Yuvalne @burnoutqueen methane-producing bacteria + enclosed space :3
@whitequark @burnoutqueen yeah i know it's true for some. i was thinking of something like wood. but maybe i'm just not creative enough.
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@Yuvalne I hope they found all 92 back. They were not sure they all would survive.
@vosje62 in the test drive all 92 did. now the real drive from Switzerland to Germany.
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@Yuvalne are we not worried about a cascade of subatomic particles when the antimatter escapes? I'm less concerned about a big kaboom then I am fissures in quantum energy disrupting things in ways we don't yet understand.
Like, bikini atoll seemed like a good idea: at the time
@bebadefabo again, the amount is tiny. 10^-8 joules. even if there is a cascade, it's still much less than that of a single somewhat-powerful cosmic ray.
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@crouton yes, my bad! the density is 10^17, but the mass of a proton is 10^-27 (which cancels out to 10^-10 joules per proton).
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@CASSCFenjoyer @whitequark @burnoutqueen and like i suspected, i just wasn't creative enough.
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@Yuvalne @burnoutqueen methane-producing bacteria + enclosed space :3
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@Yuvalne antimatter is the most effective material for a weapon ever designed. It destroys matter on contact, forever
@burnoutqueen@todon.nl @Yuvalne@433.world imean uhh kinda ? not really ? fusion bombs are much more effective for way smaller prices afaik
