How can scientists store anti matter if it dissappear whenever it touches other atoms?
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when it comes to anti-protons and anti-electrons, you can store them in a “storage ring” which is basically a vacuum tube under a magnetic field. keeping the particles spinning on a path in a vacuum, helps keep them away from the matter where they would annihilate. these fast, electrically charged particles are often used for particle accelerators where they are intentionally brought to collision .
you can also cool them down and bring them together to form actual anti-atoms. since they are electrically neutral, its harder to store them and move them around. they basically move with diffusion, so they get lost after some amount of time (minutes to hours). it is however enough time to do some experiment with those atoms like spectroscopy or even measure [gravity.](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06527-1)
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