WO2005013287A3 - High density storage of excited positronium using photonic bandgap traps - Google Patents

High density storage of excited positronium using photonic bandgap traps Download PDF

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WO2005013287A3
WO2005013287A3 PCT/US2004/021894 US2004021894W WO2005013287A3 WO 2005013287 A3 WO2005013287 A3 WO 2005013287A3 US 2004021894 W US2004021894 W US 2004021894W WO 2005013287 A3 WO2005013287 A3 WO 2005013287A3
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Delmar L Barker
Nitesh N Shah
Harry A Schmitt
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Abstract

A device is provided that can capture and store electrically neutral excited species (16) of antimatter or exotic matter (a mixture of antimatter and ordinary matter), in particular excited positronium (Ps*) (16). The antimatter trap comprises a three-dimensional or two-dimensional photonic bandgap (PBG) structure (14) containing at least one cavity (10) therein. The species (16) are stored in the cavity (10) or in an array (110) of cavities (10). The PBG structure (14) blocks premature annihilation of the excited species (16) by preventing decays to the ground state and by blocking the pickoff process. A Bose-Einstein Condensate form of Ps* (16) can be used to increase the storage density. The long lifetime and high storage density achievable in this device offer utility in several fields, including medicine, materials testing, rocket motors, high power/high energy density storage, gamma-ray lasers, and as an ignition device for initiating nuclear fusion reactions in power plant reactors or hybrid rocket propulsion systems.
PCT/US2004/021894 2003-07-28 2004-07-09 High density storage of excited positronium using photonic bandgap traps WO2005013287A2 (en)

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DE602004028943T DE602004028943D1 (en) 2003-07-28 2004-07-09 HIGH-DENSITY STORAGE OF EXPRESSED POSITRONIUM THROUGH THE USE OF PHOTONIC TAPE GAP FALLS
JP2006521861A JP2007500349A (en) 2003-07-28 2004-07-09 High density accumulation of excited positronium using photon band gap traps
EP04756788A EP1652194B1 (en) 2003-07-28 2004-07-09 High density storage of excited positronium using photonic bandgap traps

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