{"id":4451,"date":"2015-11-04T13:46:54","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T18:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4451"},"modified":"2015-11-12T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:55:16","slug":"measuring-antimatter-how-antiprotons-interact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/measuring-antimatter-how-antiprotons-interact\/","title":{"rendered":"Measuring antimatter: How antiprotons interact"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4452\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Image-12-1024x748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4452\" class=\"wp-image-4452 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Image-12-1024x748-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"Image-12-1024x748\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Image-12-1024x748-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Image-12-1024x748.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An artists interpretation of two antiprotons interacting. (Image credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time researchers have measured the interaction between two antiprotons, a subatomic particle \u00a0with 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. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These findings bring science closer to understanding the structure and properties of the antinuclei, the antimatter equivalent of a nucleus of an atom. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/nature15724\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Nature\u00a0<\/em>on <strong>November 4<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0author<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"grid grid-12 tiny-space-below\">Aihong Tang,\u00a0Brookhaven National Laboratory,\u00a0Upton,\u00a0New York,\u00a0United States<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time researchers have measured the interaction between two antiprotons, a subatomic particle \u00a0with 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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