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Viewers of Star Trek hear of an antimatter drive on the Starship Enterprise. One possibility for s ...
Viewers of Star Trek hear of an antimatter drive on the Starship Enterprise. One possibility for such a futuristic energy source is to store antimatter charged particles in a vacuum chamber, circulating in a magnetic field, and then extract them as needed. Antimatter annihilates with normal matter, producing pure energy. What strength magnetic field is needed to hold antiprotons, moving at 4.98×107m/s in a circular path 2.02m in radius? Antiprotons have the same mass as protons but the opposite (negative) charge. T