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SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium - Dr. Eve Stenson - Matter-antimatter 
 hybrids: pursuit of a new frontier in plasma physics
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 Speaker:\n
 Dr. Eve Stenson, Max Planck Institute for Plasma 
 Physics, Germany\n
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 Title:\n
 Matter-antimatter hybrids: pursuit of a new frontier 
 in plasma physics\n
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 Abstract:\n
 It's pretty widely known what happens when matter 
 and antimatter get together: they annihilate, 
 their mass turned into energy. But if the particles 
 in question are electrons and positrons in a strategically 
 chosen regime (i.e., temperatures of ~10,000 K 
 and ultra-low densities of less than a trillionth 
 of the air around us), that process can be expected 
 to take quite awhile --- at least minutes, if 
 not hours. And in the meantime, that mix of collectively 
 interacting, positively and negatively charged 
 particles, all with identical mass, would form 
 a uniquely symmetric system for investigating 
 fundamental plasma physics. The motivation is 
 to verify and improve our understanding both of 
 terrestrial fusion confinement devices and certain 
 features of our universe, past and present. Sound 
 like an exciting prospect? All you need is enough 
 antimatter, somewhere to combine it with matter, 
 and a few parts in between . . . In short, this 
 seminar will be about real-life "antimatter containment 
 fields", where to get the antimatter from in the 
 first place, and some of the neat things you can 
 do with it.\n\n

LOCATION:Youngchild Hall Room 115
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