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antimatter detected in lightning

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:08 pm
by Xymox
While antimatter isn't as rare as most people think, fining it being generated by lightning is surprizing.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic ... _lightning

Re: antimatter detected in lightning

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 10:56 pm
by Harbles
Yeah that is neat. I guess the super lightning bolts act as a linac and anti particle are found in the debris of the resulting high energy collisions. I believe this is related.
http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2006/ ... sprite.htm