antihydrogen traps

Antihydrogen traps are specialized devices used to capture and study antihydrogen, the antimatter counterpart of hydrogen. Antimatter consists of particles that have opposite charges to regular matter. Creating antihydrogen involves colliding positrons (the antimatter equivalent of electrons) with antiprotons. Once produced, antihydrogen is trapped using magnetic fields to prevent it from contacting regular matter, which would lead to annihilation and energy release. By studying antihydrogen, scientists hope to better understand fundamental physics, the differences between matter and antimatter, and the universe's composition, potentially offering insights into why there is more matter than antimatter.