Attempt this previous-year question. The correct option stays hidden until you choose.
A team of scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory including those from India created the heaviest antimatter (anti-helium nucleus). What is/are the implications/ implications of the creation of antimatter?
1. It will make mineral prospecting and oil exploration easier and cheaper
2. It will help probe the possibility of the existence of stars and galaxies made of antimatter
3. It will help understand the evolution of the universe
4. None of the above
Pick an option to check yourself.
• Correct Answer: B
• Anti-helium creation aids AMS experiments in detecting anti-stars/anti-galaxies and studying matter-antimatter asymmetry.
• Statement 1 is incorrect: antimatter is extremely expensive to produce and has no application in mineral/oil prospecting.
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