Volume11(2015) PROGRESSINPHYSICS Issue3(July) LETTERSTOPROGRESSINPHYSICS Unmatter Plasma Discovered FlorentinSmarandache UniversityofNewMexico,Gallup,NM87301,USA E-mail:[email protected] Theelectron-positronbeamplasmawasgeneratedinthelaboratoryinthebeginningof 2015. Thisexperimentalfactshowsthatunmatter,anewformofmatterthatisformed bymatterandantimatterbindtogether(mathematicallypredictedadecadeago)really exists. That istheelectron-positron plasma experiment of 2015 istheexperimentum crucisverifyingthemathematicallypredictedunmatter. Unmmatter Plasma is a novel form of plasma, exclusively Also, the meson is a clear example of unmatter whose made of matter and its antimatter counterpart. It was first configuration includes a pair quark-antiquark. Unmatter is generated in the 2015 experiment [1,2] based on the 2004 mostlyexpectedtoemergeinexoticstatesoutsidethebound- considerations[3]. ariesoftheStandardModelforparticlephysics(forexample Therearefourfundamentalstatesofmatter:solid,liquid, in the Dark Matter sector) and in the regimeof high-energy gas, and plasma. Plasma consists of positive ions and free astrophysicalobjects[7]. electrons(negativeparticles),typicallyatlowpressures,and “It is definitely a jet of unmatter,because a plasma con- it is overall almost neutral. Plasma is an ionized gas (as in sistingoftheelectronsandthepositronsisneithermatternor fluorescent neon, in lightning, in stars, in nuclear reactors). antimatterinthesametime. Thisexperimentisthetrulyver- An ion is a positiveor negativechargedparticle. A positive ificationof unmatteras the theoreticalachievementsof neu- ioniscalledcation,whileanegativeioniscalledanion.Ifthe trosophiclogicandstatistics. Thisexperimentisamilestone ionisanatom,thenitmaycontainlesselectronsthanneeded ofbothexperimentalphysicsandpuremathematics”[8]. forbeingneutrallycharged(henceonehasacation),ormore SubmittedonMay24,2015/AcceptedonMay26,2015 electronsthanneededforbeingneutrallycharged(henceone has an anion). Similarly if the ion is a molecule or a group References (ofatomsormolecules).Theprocessofformingionsiscalled 1. SarriG.,PoderK.,ColeJ.,etal.Generationofneutralandhigh-density ionization. Thedegreeof ionizationdependsonthe propor- electron–positron pairplasmasinthelaboratory.NatureCommunica- tionofatomsthathavelostorgainedelectrons. Byapplying tions,23April2015,6:6747. a strong electromagnetic field to a gas, or by heating a gas, 2. FeuersteinB.Amatter-antimatterplasma.InnovationsReport,4May oneobtainsplasma. 2015.Accessedfromhttp://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/ physics-astronomy/a-matter-antimatter-plasma.html Unmatter as theoretically predicted in the framework of 3. SurkoC.M.andGreavesR.G.Emergingscienceandtechnologyofan- the neutrosophic logic and statistics [4–6] is considered as timatterplasmasandtrap-basedbeams.PhysicsofPlasmas,2004,v.11, a combinationof matter and antimatter that boundtogether, no.5,2333–2348. or a long-range mixture of matter and antimatter forming a 4. SmarandacheF.Anewformofmatter—unmatter,formedbyparticles weakly-coupled phase. For example, the electron-positron andanti-particles.Bull.ofPureandAppl.Sciences,2004,v.23D,no.2, pair is a type of unmatter. We coined the word unmatter 173–177. that means neither matter nor antimatter, but something in 5. SmarandacheF.Matter,antimatterandunmatter.InfiniteEnergy,2005, v.11,issue62,50–51. between. Besides matter and antimatter there may exist un- 6. SmarandacheF.Anewformofmatter—unmatter,formedbyparticles matter(asanewformofmatter)inaccordancewiththeneu- andanti-particles.CERNCDS,EXT-2004-182,2004. trosophytheorythatbetweenanentityanditsoppositethere 7. GoldfainE.Privatecommunicationwiththeauthor.May,2015. existintermediateentities. 8. RabounskiD.Privatecommunicationwiththeauthor.May,2015. The 2015 experiment[1,2] on matter-antimatter plasma (unmatterplasma,intermsoftheneutrosophiclogicandstat- istics)wasrecentlysuccessfulintheAstraGeminilaserfacil- ityoftheRutherfordAppletonLaboratoryinOxford,United Kingdom. The 2015 experiment has produced electron- positron plasma. The positron is the antimatter of the elec- tron,havinganoppositechargeoftheelectron,buttheother propertiesarethesame. 246 FlorentinSmarandache.UnmatterPlasmaDiscovered