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Why Is CERN Making Antimatter?

The factory that makes the world's most volatile substance. Sponsored by SoFi - Join SoFi Plus today and get more for your money! Visit https://sofi.com/veritasium If you’re looking for a molecular modelling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV Sign up for the Veritasium newsletter for weekly science updates - https://ve42.co/Newsletter ▀▀▀ 0:00 The Problem Of Antimatter Storage 2:18 What is particle annihilation? 6:13 The Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry 12:44 CPT Symmetry 16:28 The Wu Experiment 22:13 The Antimatter Factory 25:35 How To Make Antimatter 32:05 How do you store antimatter? 33:55 Creating Anti-Atoms 44:44 Does antimatter fall up or down? 50:18 The Portable Antimatter Trap 53:34 Antimatter Bombs ▀▀▀ Antimatter Simulator: To save our servers try downloading it first here - https://ve42.co/TotalAnnihilatorDWNLD But you can also run it on our website - https://ve42.co/TotalAnnihilator Happy Annihilating! ▀▀▀ A sincere thank you to those who helped us understand understand and fact check different parts of this topic -- Prof. David I Kaiser, Prof, Chris Parkes, Prof. Matt Strassler, Prof. Yuval Grossman, Prof. Stephen Barr. Another huge thank you to those at CERN who showed us the antimatter facility and aided this video -- Dr. Ruggero Caravita, Prof. Patrice Pérez, Prof. Stefan Ulmer. To Dr. Piotr Traczyk from CERN - Thank you for giving us access to the 3D models used throughout this documentary and your expertise. ▀▀▀ References: https://ve42.co/AntimatterRefs ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alex Porter, Alexander Tamas, André Powell, Anton Ragin, armedtoe, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Blake Byers, Bruce, Charles Ian Norman Venn, Chris Brewer, Daniel Martins, Data Don, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, David Tseng, EJ Alexandra, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, Hayden Christensen, Hong Thai Le, Ibby Hadeed, Jeromy Johnson, Jesse Brandsoy, Jose Garcia Soria, Juan Benet, Kelcey Steele, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Mark Heising, Martin Paull, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Parsee Health, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Robson, Sam Lutfi, Shalva Bukia, Sinan Taifour, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, Vahe Andonians, William, wolfee ▀▀▀ Writers: Lily Shepherd, Casper Mebius & Derek Muller Producers and Directors: Lily Shepherd & Casper Mebius Presenter: Casper Mebius Editors: Spencer Wright, Jack Saxon, Peter Nelson and Trenton Oliver Animators: Emma Wright, Fabio Albertelli, Andrew Neet, Alex Drakoulis & Damonkos Jozsa Illustrators: Jakub Misiek & Maria Gusakovich Additional Writing: Sophia Rose Researchers: Sophia Rose, Gabe Strong, Naomi Dinmore, Darius Garewal & Callum Cuttle Simulations: Sophia Rose and Jakub Misiek Camera Operators: Jonathan Moy de Vitry, Lily Shepherd, Naomi Dinmore & Casper Mebius Thumbnail Designers: Abdallah Ranah, Ren Hurley & Ben Powell Production Team: Jess Bishop-Laggett, Matthew Cavanagh, Anna Milkovik, Katy Southwood & Josh Pitt Executive Producers: Derek Muller, Casper Mebius & Gregor Cavlovic Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images & Storyblocks Music from Epidemic Sound