Cool discovery From the research letter’s abstract: This Letter reports the discovery of an antiproton radiation belt around the Earth. From the research letter’s conclusion: Antiprotons trapped in Earth’s inner radiation belt have been observed for the first time by the PAMELA [Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics — a June 2006 Russia-launched, [...]
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Tagged: anti-matter, antimatter, belt, charge, cosmic ray, Jason Mick, magnetism, PAMELA, Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics, proton, South Atlantic Anomaly, The discovery of geomagnetically trapped cosmic ray antiprotons