ion anti matter gun?

[JF060392]

there are some people i kn:shocked😱w that say that they know people who work at NIST who have developed a ion propelled anti matter gun capable of being able to levitate and propel things away from different objects. if this is true could this be used as a weapon.

 

[dowxp]

yah, and even if you can somehow create "stable" antimatter, it'd blow up in your face the minute it touches the "ion". How would matter be able to propel antimatter?

 

[TheoPetro]

you propel it in an "antimater propulsion bubble" 😀

seriously though say you got past propeling the antimater. as soon as it hits ANY molecules in the air they will destroy eachother. you would need to use it in a vacume for it to have any use. id say your friend that told you this is telling you a bit of a lie.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: TheoPetro
you propel it in an "antimater propulsion bubble" 😀

seriously though say you got past propeling the antimater. as soon as it hits ANY molecules in the air they will destroy eachother. you would need to use it in a vacume for it to have any use. id say your friend that told you this is telling you a bit of a lie.

Not quite. It's not an instant touching thing. There's an e-e(bar) reaction cross section that has to be hit. It's not quite as instant as most people think.

Second, antimatter can be held magnetically without too much trouble. But yeah, some levitating gun thing sounds far-fetched.

 

[dowxp]

he's neffing guys, it wasn't a serious post to begin with.

 

[DrPizza]

Maybe your friend is mistaken... Yes, positrons are generated. And, they are focused into a beam, somewhat similar to an electron gun...
But as far as "levitate"?? Well, if they're moving, they generate a magnetic field...
otherwise, antimatter has most of the same properties of matter. Gravity still effects antimatter in the same way.

 

[the splat in the hat]

hahaha
sounds pretty funny and sorta star trek orientated !

 

[imported_dejavu]

sounds like he is bieng a ass and talking about half-life 2's gravity gun

 

[patentman]

What I want to know is, even is this were true, which I'm not saying it is, why do people at NIST, the national institute of standards and technology, even have knowledge of it? Having worked with NIST people for many years, they are very smart, but in general they are not really oriented toward developing stuff for the military or for applied science (aside from a few biotech guys I know there who do lab on a chip stuff)

 

[Xyo II]

something tells me that you are a gullible person. on a very unrelated note, did you hear that the purple dinosaur Barney is joining a Nazi party to try and brainwash children? yes, they will use the anitmatter gun too.





(j/k)

 

[networkman]

It should be possible to create an electromagnetic "bubble" if you will, to contain either matter or anti-matter within it. Although how such a bubble could be isolated and then projected along a path toward a target would be considerably more challenging.

Edit: In fact, creating an electromagnetic "bubble' is already done in particle accelerators now.

Nonetheless, on a similar thought line, there is work being done to create electromagnetic "railguns" - a very REAL weapon possibility. Take a look at the following link for a good read:

http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm

 

[YoshiSato]

Originally posted by: networkman
It should be possible to create an electromagnetic "bubble" if you will, to contain either matter or anti-matter within it. Although how such a bubble could be isolated and then projected along a path toward a target would be considerably more challenging.

Edit: In fact, creating an electromagnetic "bubble' is already done in particle accelerators now.

Nonetheless, on a similar thought line, there is work being done to create electromagnetic "railguns" - a very REAL weapon possibility. Take a look at the following link for a good read:

http://www.powerlabs.org/railgun.htm

Slightly off topic but the nice thing about a rail gun is(if you can build an effective workin model) It does not classify as a firearm under the ATF rules and regulations.(To be a firearm you need to propel a projectile via an explosion)


But I'm sure but the time someone makes a practile model the law will change.