Finally 6 years after observation "Antimatter (anti-matter)" found in thundercloud

ByGianni

A substance having properties quite opposite to a certain substance is called "AntimatterI call it. When this antimatter collides with a substance, it is thought that two disappear and release a huge amount of energy, and the antimatter isScience fiction moviesOr it will be taken up in animation. It became clear that such antimatter was detected in thunder clouds.

Rogue antimatter found in in thunderclouds: Nature News & amp; Comment
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EvangelionThe positron rifle appearing in the series is an antiparticle of electrons "positronIt is a fictitious weapon using 'The legendary giant IdeonAnti-substance engine that appeared in the fictional engine applied antimatter. Although it is an antimatter which is treated as an enormous energy in the SF work, Dr. Joseph Dowier who works as an atmospheric physicist at the University of New Hampshire has revealed that antidote was unexpectedly detected in the thundercloud.

For a long period of time, "ant positron" of electrons is generated by collapse of radioactive atoms, and this collapse phenomenon was thought to be caused by cosmic rays falling from outside the atmosphere. However, by research in the past 10 years, Dr. Dwyer proved that a violent storm produces positrons when emitting strong light and gamma rays.

So Dr. Dwyer will collaborate with the Florida Institute of Technology to start investigating the gamma dose in the atmosphere. In the survey we installed a particle detectorGulf Stream VIt is said that it was attached to the gamma dose in the atmosphere.

BySteven Byles

On August 21, 2009, when Gulfstream V was flying towards the coastal area of ​​Georgia, it seems that it flew in a heavy thunderstorm. Dr. Doyer who got into Gulf Stream V for observation flew in a violent storm that he said "I really thought it would die", but at that time the detector coincidentally detected three waves I will. It seems that it was a gamma ray of 511 kilovolts which was detected, which was thought to have occurred when electrons and positrons annihilated. In addition, it seems that it was a very short time of only 0.2 seconds that gamma rays were detected. At the time, the research team concluded that Gulf stream V got into a positron cloud of about 1 kilometer to 2 kilometers from the time it detected gamma rays. However, it seems that it was unclear how how positron clouds were generated.

To clearly model this positron generation process, Dr. Doiyer's research team has spent five years. However, it seems that the detected energy was too low as energy when positron annihilated. That is why if the detected gamma rays are not positrons, the researchers have found that "cosmic rays arising from positrons" or "coming from outer space and colliding with some particles, rain showers in the super high-rise atmosphere (Including gamma rays) "that makes it possible to make high energy particles.

ByMike Haller

And it became clear that antimatter may have existed only in 2015 after 6 years from the observation, but Dr. Jasper Kirkby who is a particle physicist at CERN said that data detected by Dr. Dwier "Although there is a certain signal", he commented, "There is insufficient persuasive power to support Dr. Dowier's interpretation." More specifically, it is said that the size estimation of positron cloud guessed by Dr. Doiwer's research team is too vague.

Also, in RussiaLebedev Physical InstituteAtmospheric physicist Dr. Alexander Gülvich who works at the site comments that a strong magnetic field in the thunder cloud charges the vicinity of the wing of the aircraft, thereby generating positrons.

After all, it remains unknown whether what research team led by Dr. Dwier detected in 2009 was positron, or whether it was other unknown antisymmetry. So Dr. Dwyer is currently attempting to detect antimatter by sending a balloon carrying a particle detector into a violent storm. Also, Dr. Dwyer said, "The strange environment inside the thundercloud is the place where we finally started the investigation", so expectations are rising as to what will be detected in future surveys.