CERN transported 92 antiprotons inside a cryogenically cooled, magnetically confined crate on a 1.5-hour circuit of its Geneva campus as a proof of concept for transporting antimatter.
The particles were contained in an ultra-high vacuum enclosure weighing over two thousand pounds, with the antiprotons kept spinning in a magnetic trap to prevent contact with matter.
The experiment demonstrates a method to move antiprotons created at CERN to external labs and paves the way for shipments to Germany's Heine University Düsseldorf for further study.
Antimatter is rare in nature and annihilates on contact with matter, so the ability to store and move antiprotons in cryogenic magnetic traps is significant for particle physics research, though production remains costly.
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