Northwestern physicists trapped an antimatter particle in a lab for months. Here's why it matters
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<p>Northwestern physicists have figured out how to trap a fast-moving, fickle particle that is notoriously difficult to study. </p><p>The scientists used electric and magnetic fields to capture, freeze and store a single positron — the antimatter counterpart of an electron. Their experiment, published early this month in the journal <a class="Link" href="https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/gbkc-6nlj" target="_blank" >Physical Review Letters</a>, allowed them to study antimatter in a controlled quantum state for months at a time. </p><p>Their discovery could make or break a…
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Northwestern physicists trapped an antimatter particle in a lab for months. Here's why it matters
<p>Northwestern physicists have figured out how to trap a fast-moving, fickle particle that is notoriously difficult to study. </p><p>The scientists used electric and magnetic fields to capture, freeze and store a single positron — the antimatter counterpart of an electron....
