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Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months (news.northwestern.edu)
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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I’m sure the annihilation would be detectable. I’m asking if there’s any way short of that to detect the antimatter particle.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Maybe get it to emit synchrotron radiation? Seems complex.