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From: funkenstein on 26 Nov 2009 13:30
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_antimatter_detected_in_lightning

anybody have any clue what's going on here? Thanks :)
From: BURT on 26 Nov 2009 13:47
On Nov 26, 10:30 am, funkenstein <luke.s...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_a...
>
> anybody have any clue what's going on here?  Thanks :)

Anit matter doesn't exist. It couldn't make it through the atmosphere.
From: eric gisse on 26 Nov 2009 17:00
funkenstein wrote:

>
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_antimatter_detected_in_lightning
>
> anybody have any clue what's going on here? Thanks :)

My money is on pair production via the intense electric field that is
generated briefly at the strike point.
From: dlzc on 26 Nov 2009 19:52
Dear funkenstein:

On Nov 26, 11:30 am, funkenstein <luke.s...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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> anybody have any clue what's going on here?
> Thanks :)

Well, let's see:
There is a positive correlation between cloud formation and cosmic
radiation, and *something* seeds the initial lightning strike, and
there is usually a few billion eV between sky and ground... more than
enough for electron / positron pair creation.

So it could either be antimatter arriving from space, or antimatter
formed due to the high energies involved.

David A. Smith
From: xxein on 26 Nov 2009 20:10
On Nov 26, 1:30 pm, funkenstein <luke.s...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/49288/title/Signature_of_a...
>
> anybody have any clue what's going on here?  Thanks :)

xxein: An interesting comment follows in the article. I see it
differently but a cosmic ray nonetheless.

Suppose a lightning bolt is hit by a cosmic ray. Nothing definitive
but within the realm of such speculation as to the frequency of such
recorded events.

There may be things we will never know for sure.
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