Thunder Storms produce Anti-Matter

Forums: Science, Earth, Storms
Email this Topic • Print this Page

I found this rather amazing. Who knew anti-matter could be so easy to produce accidentally.

Here's a nice video from NASA to explain it better than I could.

Topic Stats
Top Replies
Link to this Topic

Type: Discussion • Score: 8 • Views: 1,661 • Replies: 13

No top replies

@rosborne979,

Thanks rosborne. I wish they gave a little more scientific context rather then a raw animated video.

1 Reply

Chicken Little was right ! ! ! The sky is falling ! ! !

1 Reply

@Setanta,

Now all we gotta find is the recipe for Dilithium crystals

0 Replies

So we can boldly go . . .

1 Reply

@Setanta,

Im being serious . Since Matter/Anti-Matter reactions produce 40% Gamma rays per unit volume reaction (according to E=mc^2), then we need the dilithium to act as a grabber for the gamma and neutrinos created in the reaction.
I know of dilithium gas but crystals?
Could this be just like Unobtanium? or am I just fuckin nutz?

0 Replies

Yes, you are. You're going to need to design a system to keep the dilithium suspended in a crystaline state. Then you're going to have to run around in thunderstorms catching the anti-matter as it falls out of the sky. You'll need a very large, well-padded catcher's mitt.

Let us know how that works our for ya, 'K?

2 Replies

@Setanta,

Soon as I finish my phlogiston finder.

0 Replies

@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

Thanks rosborne. I wish they gave a little more scientific context rather then a raw animated video.

There are a few articles on it as well, but they don't provide much more detail than in the video.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/fermi-thunderstorms.html

0 Replies

@rosborne979,

Hmmm, very interesting indeed!

0 Replies

@Setanta,

Setanta wrote:

Yes, you are. You're going to need to design a system to keep the dilithium suspended in a crystaline state. Then you're going to have to run around in thunderstorms catching the anti-matter as it falls out of the sky. You'll need a very large, well-padded catcher's mitt.

Yeah, but padded with WHAT ??

David

1 Reply

@OmSigDAVID,

Dont quit yer day job Dave. Let the comedy to the professionals

1 Reply

@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

Dont quit yer day job Dave. Let the comedy to the professionals

Maybe the humor got past u, Farmer.

U c, if the padding material in the glove
were made of matter, then, in theory,
it woud detonate when establishing contact with the anti-matter (positrons against electrons);
so it woud be tricky to find padding that woud not detonate the anti-matter; get it ?

David

1 Reply

@OmSigDAVID,

Trust me DAve, It want over anyones head. It just wasnt funny, unless , of course, it wasnt meant to be, then THAT woulda been funny.

0 Replies

Thunder Storms produce Anti-Matter

Related Topics

Quick Links

My Account

able2know