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Quantum Physics

Title: Dense Antihydrogen: Its Production and Storage to Envision Antimatter Propulsion

Abstract: We discuss the possibility that dense antihydrogen could provide a path towards a mechanism for a deep space propulsion system. We concentrate at first, as an example, on Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) antihydrogen. In a Bose-Einstein Condensate, matter (or antimatter) is in a coherent state analogous to photons in a laser beam, and individual atoms lose their independent identity. This allows many atoms to be stored in a small volume. In the context of recent advances in producing and controlling BECs, as well as in making antihydrogen, this could potentially provide a revolutionary path towards the efficient storage of large quantities of antimatter, perhaps eventually as a cluster or solid.
Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures
Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
Journal reference: J. Opt. B 5 (2003) S547
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4266/5/6/001
Report number: LA-UR-01-3760
Cite as: arXiv:quant-ph/0110087
  (or arXiv:quant-ph/0110087v2 for this version)

Submission history

From: Michael Martin Nieto [view email]
[v1] Sat, 13 Oct 2001 16:11:30 GMT (121kb)
[v2] Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:13:22 GMT (136kb)