Why Is CERN Making Antimatter?
Why Is CERN Making Antimatter?
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0:00 The Problem Of Antimatter Storage
2:18 What is particle annihilation?
6:13 The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
12:44 CPT Symmetry
16:28 The Wu Experiment
22:13 The Antimatter Factory
25:35 How To Make Antimatter
32:05 How do you store antimatter?
33:55 Creating Anti-Atoms
44:44 Does antimatter fall up or down?
50:18 The Portable Antimatter Trap
53:34 Antimatter Bombs
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A sincere thank you to those who helped us understand understand and fact check different parts of this topic -- Prof. David I Kaiser, Prof, Chris Parkes, Prof. Matt Strassler, Prof. Yuval Grossman, Prof. Stephen Barr.
Another huge thank you to those at CERN who showed us the antimatter facility and aided this video -- Dr. Ruggero Caravita, Prof. Patrice Pérez, Prof. Stefan Ulmer.
To Dr. Piotr Traczyk from CERN - Thank you for giving us access to the 3D models used throughout this documentary and your expertise.
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References: https://ve42.co/AntimatterRefs
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Writers: Lily Shepherd, Casper Mebius & Derek Muller
Producers and Directors: Lily Shepherd & Casper Mebius
Presenter: Casper Mebius
Editors: Spencer Wright, Jack Saxon, Peter Nelson and Trenton Oliver
Animators: Emma Wright, Fabio Albertelli, Andrew Neet, Alex Drakoulis & Damonkos Jozsa
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