For the first time researchers have measured the interaction between two antiprotons, a subatomic particle with the same mass as a proton, but with a negative electrical charge and the antimatter equivalent of the proton. The measurement shows the interaction between antiprotons is attractive, similar to how two magnets can be attracted to each other. […]
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Most precise measurement of antimatter’s charge
New results from the ALPHA experiment at CERN have provided the most precise measurements yet of the electric charge of antihydrogen. Researchers from the international collaboration – which includes many Canadians – examined whether or not antihydrogen atoms would react to electric fields. They did not and the data indicates that as predicted, antihydrogen is […]
