Antimatter weapon
An antimatter weapon is a theoretically possible device using antimatter as a power source, a propellan
weapons are currently too costly and unreliable to be viable in warfare, as producing antimatter is enormously
100 nanograms), the quantities of antimatter generated are very small, and current technology has great difficu
upon touching ordinary matter.[1]
The paramount advantage of such a theoretical weapon is that antimatter and matter collisions result in the
being released as energy, which is at least two orders of magnitude greater than the energy release of the most e
Annihilation requires and converts exactly equal masses of antimatter and matter by the collision which release
gram is ~9×1013 joules. Using the convention that 1 kiloton TNT equivalent = 4.184×1012 joules (or one tr
antimatter reacting with one half gram of ordinary matter (one gram total) results in 21.5 kilotons-equivale
dropped on Nagasaki in 1945). [3]
Cost
As of 2004, the cost of producing one millionth of a gram of antimatter was estimated at US $60 billion.[1] By w
Project (to produce the first atomic bomb) is estimated at US$23 billion in 2007 prices.[4] As such, Hui Chen
dismissed concerns about antimatter bombs in 2008 as "unrealistic".[5]
Antimatter catalyzed weapons
Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion proposes the use of antimatter as a "trigger"[6] to initiate smal
thrust to a spacecraft. The same technology could theoretically be used to make very small and possibly "fission
pure fusion weapon).[7][8]
In popular culture
An antimatter weapon is a part of the plot of the Dan Brown book Angels & Demons and its film adaptation, wh
City.[9][5]
References
1. "Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons / Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order" (http://w
suing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php). San Francisco Chronicle. 4 October 2004. Archived (http
ttp://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Air-Force-pursuing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php) from th
17 January 2015.
2. "Fusion Fuel" (http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fusionfuel.php). atomic rockets. Retrieved 2020
3. "Antimatter Fuel" (http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/antimatterfuel.php). atomic rockets. Retrieve
4. "Manhattan Project" (http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project). Arch
200033/http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project) from the original o
2015.
5. "Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter" (https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27998860). NBC News. 1
6. "Antimatter weapons" (http://cui.unige.ch/isi/sscr/phys/anti-BPP-3.html). cui.unige.ch. Archived (https://web.a
unige.ch/isi/sscr/phys/anti-BPP-3.html) from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
7. Ramsey, Syed (12 May 2016). Tools of War: History of Weapons in Modern Times (https://books.google.com
ear+arbitrarily+high+number+of+stages&pg=PT241). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789386019837. Archiv
4655/https://books.google.com/books?id=aUk5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT241&lpg=PT241&dq=thermonuclear+arb
&ots=y3fH57GESs&sig=F4qT3k7qICbrNUuH85a4pXY2G9Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUtfPXm7bTAhX
An antimatter weapon is a theoretically possible device using antimatter as a power source, a propellan
weapons are currently too costly and unreliable to be viable in warfare, as producing antimatter is enormously
100 nanograms), the quantities of antimatter generated are very small, and current technology has great difficu
upon touching ordinary matter.[1]
The paramount advantage of such a theoretical weapon is that antimatter and matter collisions result in the
being released as energy, which is at least two orders of magnitude greater than the energy release of the most e
Annihilation requires and converts exactly equal masses of antimatter and matter by the collision which release
gram is ~9×1013 joules. Using the convention that 1 kiloton TNT equivalent = 4.184×1012 joules (or one tr
antimatter reacting with one half gram of ordinary matter (one gram total) results in 21.5 kilotons-equivale
dropped on Nagasaki in 1945). [3]
Cost
As of 2004, the cost of producing one millionth of a gram of antimatter was estimated at US $60 billion.[1] By w
Project (to produce the first atomic bomb) is estimated at US$23 billion in 2007 prices.[4] As such, Hui Chen
dismissed concerns about antimatter bombs in 2008 as "unrealistic".[5]
Antimatter catalyzed weapons
Antimatter-catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion proposes the use of antimatter as a "trigger"[6] to initiate smal
thrust to a spacecraft. The same technology could theoretically be used to make very small and possibly "fission
pure fusion weapon).[7][8]
In popular culture
An antimatter weapon is a part of the plot of the Dan Brown book Angels & Demons and its film adaptation, wh
City.[9][5]
References
1. "Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons / Program was touted publicly, then came official gag order" (http://w
suing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php). San Francisco Chronicle. 4 October 2004. Archived (http
ttp://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Air-Force-pursuing-antimatter-weapons-Program-2689674.php) from th
17 January 2015.
2. "Fusion Fuel" (http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/fusionfuel.php). atomic rockets. Retrieved 2020
3. "Antimatter Fuel" (http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/antimatterfuel.php). atomic rockets. Retrieve
4. "Manhattan Project" (http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project). Arch
200033/http://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/manhattan-project) from the original o
2015.
5. "Laser technique produces bevy of antimatter" (https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27998860). NBC News. 1
6. "Antimatter weapons" (http://cui.unige.ch/isi/sscr/phys/anti-BPP-3.html). cui.unige.ch. Archived (https://web.a
unige.ch/isi/sscr/phys/anti-BPP-3.html) from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
7. Ramsey, Syed (12 May 2016). Tools of War: History of Weapons in Modern Times (https://books.google.com
ear+arbitrarily+high+number+of+stages&pg=PT241). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789386019837. Archiv
4655/https://books.google.com/books?id=aUk5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT241&lpg=PT241&dq=thermonuclear+arb
&ots=y3fH57GESs&sig=F4qT3k7qICbrNUuH85a4pXY2G9Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUtfPXm7bTAhX
