Experimental confirmation of antimatter (NN) and (NNN) nucleon clusters as predicted by the Brightsen Nucleon Cluster Model.

Clusters of Matter and Antimatter

I.N. Mishustin 1,2,3

1 Kurchatov Institute, Russian Research Center, Moscow 123182, Russia

2 Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

3 Institut für Theoretische Physik, J.W. Goethe Universität

 Idea-Finding Symposium, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt, Germany,April 15.17, 2003

"Relativistic heavy-ion collisions open a unique possibility of studying antinuclei production in the laboratory. Experiments with colliding Au beams at highest energy available at present are conducted at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC) in Brookhaven National Laboratory. More than 1000 particles per unit rapidity are produced in central Au + Au collisions at ps D 130 AGeV. Most of them are pions, baryons and antibaryons. But light nuclei and antinuclei were also registered! (bold added)"

Dr. Mishustin presents experiment evidence conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory that antimatter clusters of both deuterium [N-P]- and helium-3 [P-N-P]- have been identified. The existence of these antimatter clusters is predicted by the Brightsen Nucleon Cluster Model, and according to Mr. Brightsen they form the theoretical basis of his revolutionary cluster dynamic for the antiproton [P]-, for example, the binding of a matter [N-P]+ cluster with an antimatter [P-N-P]- cluster, to form the observed antiproton [P]-. The Brightsen Nucleon Cluster Model is the only model of the atomic nucleus that predicts cluster structure for both the matter proton [P]+ and the antimatter proton [P]- .

Of further significance is the fact that Dr. Mishustin indicates that there is no historical experimental evidence (as of 2003) of any antimatter clusters greater than A = 3.  However, the Brightsen Model predicts that two antimatter [N-P]- clusters can bind to form a stable antihelium-4 isotope.  (Comments are welcome).