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- noun Plural form of
antiproton .
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Examples
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Antihydrogen is made by mixing antiparticles called antiprotons (the antimatter counterparts of protons) and positrons (the antimatter counterparts of electrons).
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Print Antimatter belt around Earth discovered by Pamela craft A thin band of antimatter particles called antiprotons enveloping the Earth has been spotted for the first time.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Antihydrogen is made by mixing antiparticles called antiprotons (the antimatter counterparts of protons) and positrons (the antimatter counterparts of electrons).
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If normal matter is formed by electrons, protons and neutrons, antimatter is composed of antiparticles such as positrons antielectrons, antiprotons and antineutrons.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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If normal matter is formed by electrons, protons and neutrons, antimatter is composed of antiparticles such as positrons antielectrons, antiprotons and antineutrons.
Santhosh Mathew, PhD: Seeking the Lost Seeds of Big Bang PhD Santhosh Mathew 2011
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After creation in an early stage of the experiment, the antiprotons streak wildly about, with a huge spread in speed and direction that makes them essentially unusable for the experiment.
Simon van der Meer, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 85 2011
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In that perhaps-opaque phrase, "cooling" refers to imposing order on a swarm of unruly particles - antiprotons - required for the experiment.
Simon van der Meer, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 85 2011
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The road to the scientists' triumph involved the crashing of a beam of protons head on into a beam of antiprotons.
Simon van der Meer, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 85 2011
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The jets are particles, mostly likely a mixture of electrons and protons, with a sprinkling of positrons, antiprotons, and perhaps some helium nuclei alpha particles.
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature's "LHC" | Universe Today 2010
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Fermilab, where I work, manufactures antiprotons in quantity, so I enjoyed looking backwards at the ancestors of our business, tracking down the long-ago crossover where an abstruse possibility in nuclear physics led to speculation that flowed from astronomy to meteor science to SF.
Boing Boing 2008
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