https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2100.rssNew Posts Tagged 'antimatter' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2020-06-03T01:33:15Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/213383How could a bad random number generator explain baryon asymmetry?Konrad Höffnerhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/16262015-08-07T20:08:43Z2020-06-03T01:33:15Z<p>How can a character explain baryon asymmetry (there is more matter than antimatter) by the universe being a simulation with a slightly imbalanced random number generator being employed at the po...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263517Cons of Antimatter WeaponryDawnfirehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/416122020-05-29T22:53:06Z2020-05-30T23:30:10Z<p>In the story I'm creating, a major weapon type of humanity will be Antimatter based weaponry. This is a fairly new technology, as antimatter production facilities have just reached the size and ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262234Antimatter filled buckyballs - The energy storage medium of the futureSamwisehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/395592020-04-11T03:49:31Z2020-04-11T08:33:54Z<p>Antimatter gets used a lot in SciFi due to it's mind-bending energy density. If you can store it in a form that requires no power and is at least mildly idiot-proof then you've just solved half ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261677How long and where could an antimatter object survive in space?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-03-19T18:18:09Z2020-03-20T14:33:13Z<p>Are there any areas of space where an antimatter object, the size of a small house could survive without coming into contact with any or extremely minimal amounts of matter?</p>
<p>I had assume...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/227672An anti matter planet behaving like a starL.Dutch - Reinstate Monicahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/400282017-01-18T06:21:33Z2020-02-26T19:39:10Z<p>In your space journey your ship systems have spotted an unusual source of gamma rays: it's the size and the mass of a planet and it has a pulsating behaviour. </p>
<p>Further observations shows...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274003How fast does an antimatter bullet need to move to pierce rather than explode?John Zhauhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443602019-12-23T04:26:20Z2019-12-25T22:32:40Z<p>The environment is set in (ideal) space with no air for the bullet to interact with. It should encounter nothing until it reaches its target.
The bullet is assumed to be a perfect sphere with a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245591How would an antimatter reactor actually work?marthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/22832018-09-03T08:04:33Z2019-11-14T06:30:11Z<p>In a far future, antimatter is used for energy storage: Huge space stations with powerful solar arrays orbit the sun a bit inside Mercurys orbit, using the energy to create small amounts of anti...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273903Would an antimatter bullet fired from a sniper rifle even reach its target?SurpriseDoghttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/189372019-11-10T03:36:41Z2019-11-12T13:32:27Z<p>Let's say our villain fires an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter" rel="noreferrer">antimatter</a> rifle from behind a magnetic field over a km from the target. The bullet is trav...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257548How much antimatter can we theoretically hold in a Minimum Magnetic Field Trap?Vogon Poethttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442952019-11-08T20:54:32Z2019-11-09T00:31:22Z<p>I will be using <a href="https://newatlas.com/antimatter-starship/23345/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">solar antimatter production</a> via <a href="https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/Phy...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257362What would a life-form be like if it's antimatter-basedCaveknight32https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442032019-11-03T00:47:30Z2019-11-04T14:06:49Z<p>I've been thinking of the idea of creating and adding an alien species that's antimatter-based (being from a universe where antimatter became the majority instead of "normal matter").</p>
<p>Ho...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/256762Could anti-matter virtual particles be theoretically harvested from the quantum flux?user69575https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442622019-10-13T00:25:37Z2019-10-13T19:49:01Z<p>I was wondering if a vacuum created within a particular material in the shape of sphere could be used to harvest anti-matter from virtual particles? Within the vacuum, theoretically, virtual pa...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255780Methods and Feasibility of Antimatter Mining?Gryphonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/405852019-09-08T01:47:06Z2019-10-01T18:29:37Z<p>Say 200-300 years in the future, humankind has colonized much of the solar system, using a combination of laser thermal drives and solid-core nuclear rockets (fusion never really panned out). S...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251115Antimatter internal combustion engineEfialteshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/416412019-03-15T19:32:25Z2019-03-15T20:43:45Z<p>I have an idea for an extremely crackpot engine design for a future society I may incorporate into my story. </p>
<p>What would happen is individual antihydrogen molecules injected into the cen...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206418Feasibility of anti-matter as a fuelbowlturnerhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/364032014-09-29T19:36:27Z2019-03-05T01:07:09Z<p>Now, taking out the cost to produce/collect it, assume somehow we perfected a formula or find a natural source (because that is currently very prohibitive), how feasible would be to use antimatt...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273488Feasibility of an Antimatter-Catalysed Ram Augmented Interstellar Rocket (AC-RAIR)Arkenstein XIIhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/81162019-02-20T23:51:12Z2019-02-22T07:44:07Z<p>A fictional starship that I am designing functions via a form of Bussard ramjet that uses hydrogen from the interstellar medium as reaction mass, not as fuel.</p>
<p>In order to accelerate the ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249648How can I destroy a planet with antimatter?worldbuilderhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/365092019-01-21T02:56:14Z2019-01-21T04:25:43Z<p>So I found the base of these pesky rebels on this planet and I am tasked with destroying the planet to eliminate the rebels once and for all. Unfortunately, my death star has malfunctioned and h...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273352Would one atom of antimatter be lethal if annihilated inside the brain?Sebastianhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/400382018-11-30T07:29:06Z2018-12-03T00:08:29Z<p>I am dealing with a dystopian story that tries to come up with some kind of total surveillence or control from higher authorities.</p>
<p>The authorities threaten to kill those who disobey them...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/210850How much antimatter would we need in order to wipe out all humans, eradicate all animals and blow up the Earth?BuildingBetterWorldshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/367402015-04-04T01:22:20Z2018-11-11T15:38:52Z<ol>
<li>Supposing we had many thousands of antimatter bombs (they can be detonated in many different locations), how much total antimatter would we need in order to wipe out all humans on Earth?</...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238307How to produce enough power to create a pair of proton-antiproton?Mathishttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/411672018-01-07T11:53:15Z2018-01-08T19:28:29Z<p>I've recently discovered something great: the Schwinger effect. It says that if you concentrate enough power thanks to laser into a single point in space, it will spawn a pair of proton and anti...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/237728Manipulating decaying positron-emitting isotopes for positron "mining"Arvexhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/402892017-12-16T22:07:01Z2018-01-04T15:57:57Z<p>In a previous <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/100066/energy-gain-loss-of-using-synthesized-antimatter-as-a-fuel">question</a>, it was established that antimatter could...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238061How could we produce electricity thanks to antimatter?Mathishttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/411672017-12-30T17:48:51Z2017-12-31T17:20:56Z<p>Imagine we had an easy way to produce antimatter, we could use it for interstellar travel, deadly weapons or more; but I've thought: How could we use it to produce electricity?</p>
<p>As Antima...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/237961What conditions could create a planet that has higher amounts of antimatter in its radiation belt?Arvexhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/402892017-12-27T17:45:59Z2017-12-30T21:25:33Z<p>In the science fiction setting I'm working on, one of the factions are supposed to be using naturally occurring antimatter because the systems they reside in have sufficient natural sources of i...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/237646Energy gain/loss of using synthesized antimatter as a fuel?Arvexhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/402892017-12-13T13:06:00Z2017-12-15T20:34:53Z<p>Setting aside concerns of containment for now; how much energy would it take to create antimatter? And how much of it would we get back using it as a fuel in a matter-antimatter reactor?</p>
<p...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/226872How do you communicate with antimatter beings?Zxyrrahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/397492016-12-24T16:41:37Z2017-09-22T04:54:41Z<h3>So aliens have arrived in the solar system.</h3>
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<li>They have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster-than-light" rel="nofollow noreferrer">faster-than-light travel</a> technology ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/234894Is it realistic to have a moon made of antimatter?Stacey Heather Silvermanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/414372017-09-16T02:02:09Z2017-09-16T14:34:59Z<p>I have an idea for a Sci-Fi story that involves a planet with a third moon made entirely of antimatter, before I delve further into this concept, I would appreciate input on </p>
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<li>how t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/225657Safely shooting antimatterAyutachttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/399752016-11-27T12:18:30Z2016-11-29T00:31:32Z<p>Lets say I have this nice <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/62390/could-antimatter-be-used-as-the-propellant-in-a-gun/62410#62410">gun</a> which can shoot a certain amou...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/211746If we had easier access to antimatter, how could we use it?vszhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/48392015-05-09T21:17:08Z2016-11-13T03:34:22Z<p>Antimatter annihilation is the best source of energy per weight. However, antimatter is not readily available anywhere within reachable distance, it's insanely difficult to produce and contain.<...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/271844Antimatter StorageHendrik Liehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/372912015-05-15T16:35:28Z2016-11-11T20:43:06Z<p>Is it possible to contain similarly charged particles in a magnetic field or traps, in generally large scale (say, all of them have positive charge), and could be utilized as power reserves quit...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/272657Accelerating a massive spaceshipZ.Schroederhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/390242016-10-11T03:16:36Z2016-10-11T20:38:52Z<p>How much wattage would you need to accelerate a four petaton spaceship by 1g for a year? This should be about enough to reach near light speed, which is perfect for interstellar cruising, but I'...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/223313How to make antimatter batteries safeZ.Schroederhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/390242016-09-20T03:33:36Z2016-09-20T16:27:17Z<p>Assuming the wars of the far, far future aren't either fought exclusively by unmanned spacecraft/robots/drones or in ways so incomprehensible to us that comparisons are meaningless, the only foo...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/223221Anti-matter containmentLedavhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/395812016-09-16T09:35:50Z2016-09-16T19:52:25Z<p>I've been looking into anti-matter and a relatively realistic way to contain it through gravity in my story. I'm probably incorrect in the theoretical physics of the idea but, I'm imagining that...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/220932Could We Restart Mars's Core With Antimatter?Xandar The Zenonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/383382016-07-15T04:23:37Z2016-08-31T03:29:51Z<p>Forget about how we get it there, some kind of top secret experiment on mars gone wrong in all the right ways.</p>
<p>If somehow Mars's core was mixed with some amount of antimatter, and assumi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/218594If Earth was converted into energy by antimatter-matter collision would the energy "destroy" the observable universe?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12016-04-08T05:24:09Z2016-04-10T03:39:13Z<p>If half the earth was made antimatter and contacted the other half all at once, would the resulting energy be enough to "destroy" the observable universe?</p>
<p>I did some math based on the ma...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/213788Antimatter planet on normal matter starHendrik Liehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/372912015-08-29T05:18:35Z2015-08-31T16:49:52Z<h1>Consideration</h1>
<p>For the sake of argument, please assume the following:</p>
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<li>The planet in question is around the size of Earth</li>
<li>The planet may contain native intelligent...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/272112A spacecraft the size of Apollo 11's lunar module, composed of antimatter, around a normal starHendrik Liehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/372912015-08-29T05:58:19Z2015-08-30T20:26:13Z<p>After writing <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/23645/antimatter-planet-on-normal-matter-star">this question</a>, I came up with a new question.</p>
<h1>Consideration</...