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Jun. 10, 2011
Researchers Trap Antimatter For Record 16 Minutes
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| To learn about antimatter, you have to catch it first. In November, researchers did just that–for less than a second. Now, they’ve been able to trap antihydrogen for a record 16 minutes. Physicist Jeffrey Hangst discusses what his team hopes to learn by studying the elusive substance. |
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Jeffrey Hangst
Professor, Department of Astronomy and Physics
Aarhus University
Denmark
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