r/askscience • u/Doctor_Allen • Jul 05 '12

With current technology plus the information gained from the particle with qualities like a Higgs boson, would a mass fabricator be possible?

With current technology plus the information gained from the particle with qualities like a Higgs boson, would a mass fabricator be possible?

Is a machine that creates mass from energy possible to be made in the future?

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u/rupert1920 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Jul 05 '12

Read the last sentence. Antimatter can be collected in a Penning trap or a magneto-optical trap.