Science News Online (12/12/98): References for Light goes on for antimatter-rich H2O

< Back to Contents

Light goes on for antimatter-rich H₂O

Chemists calculate that a short-lived, ultralight type of water molecule—with positron antimatter instead of protons in its two hydrogen atoms—could be created.

References:

Jiang, N., and D.M. Schrader. 1998. Positronic water, Ps₂O. Physical Review Letters 81(Dec. 7):5113.

Further Readings:

Peterson, I. 1996. Making antihydrogen atoms at Fermilab. Science News 150(Nov. 30):340.

Sources:

Lester D. Hulett Jr.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008
Mailstop Code 6142
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6142

Nan Jiang
Marquette University
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

David M. Schrader
Marquette University
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881

Alec T. Stewart
Queen’s University
Physics Department
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6
Canada

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 24, December 12, 1998, p. 375.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

Back to Table of Contents - 12/12/98