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Bob Mau: So there is no longer any colliding beams or protons and antiprotons in the Tevatron.
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Samia Bouzid, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
So an anti-electron would have a positive instead of a negative charge while an antiproton would have a negative instead of a positive charge.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
Colliding protons and antiprotons, the Tevratron's DZero group found more matter than antimatter.
—Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
The antiprotons used in the ALPHA experiment came from the CERN Proton Synchrotron, not the Large Hadron Collider.
—New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
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Samia Bouzid, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2024
So an anti-electron would have a positive instead of a negative charge while an antiproton would have a negative instead of a positive charge.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2023
Colliding protons and antiprotons, the Tevratron's DZero group found more matter than antimatter.
—Joseph Calamia, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
The antiprotons used in the ALPHA experiment came from the CERN Proton Synchrotron, not the Large Hadron Collider.
—New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
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“Antiproton.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiproton. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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antiproton
noun
an·ti·pro·ton
ˌant-i-ˈprō-ˌtän 
ˌan-ˌtī-
: the part of antimatter related to the proton
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