New antimatter container

[Welsh cake]

Researchers at the Alpha collaboration have developed a more suitable containment method for isolating anti-hydrogen atoms, putting us a step close to understanding the properties of antimatter before it annihilates upon contact with the matter of the container:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13666892


Out of curiosity, were I, my body weighing at 13 stone made of antimatter, how much energy in joules, or tons, would be released from the explosion? I think my calculations fail because I'm unconsciously lying to myself about my own weight. ^^

[Minimalist]

"Beam me up, Scotty."

[Darwinian]

Out of curiosity, were I, my body weighing at 13 stone made of antimatter, how much energy in joules, or tons, would be released from the explosion? I think my calculations fail because I'm unconsciously lying to myself about my own weight. ^^

Assuming you're correct then your antibody annihilating with another body would produce as much energy as 88841.28 Kilotons of TNT

[Welsh cake]

Assuming you're correct then your antibody annihilating with another body would produce as much energy as 88841.28 Kilotons of TNT

88 megatons?

That's a big squeak!