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Amat Containment |
There have been many different systems used to contain antimatter throughout the ages. The most common has always been the magnetic bottle, capable of maintaining any charged amat as long as it remains powered. Other varieties include laser-pressure containment, utilizing 6 split beams of laser light striking the amat, keeping it pinned in the target zone, or buckminsterfullerene sequestered amat.
The latter has become one of the standard methods of packaging amat for warheads and other explosive effects. Buckminsterfullerene has a repulsive effect in its core called an 'electron repulsion zone' which keeps atoms (whose outermost layers are, of course, electrons) centered within the cavity. With sufficient force, the buckminsterfullerene can either crack or inertially lose containment of the amat, leading to a matter/antimatter reaction that can easily be chained through other buckminsterfullerenes.
