[RFC][Info] Playing with Boom-Boom (Or, Antimatter and You - A Children's Parable)

[robkelk]

This is... a pretty big factor.  When you multiply that with kilograms, you get joules.  So for 1 gram of antimatter reacting with 1 gram of matter:

10⁻³ kg × 2 × 8.988×10¹⁶ m²/s²  = 1.7976×10¹⁴ J = 0.18 PJ

So, assuming I did the basic math correctly, 66.666... mg of antimatter produces roughly the Halifax Explosion. Or thereabouts - close enough for private-sector work.



Eep.

Again, I'm glad Ben is half-a-continent away from my SI's girls.

I'll wait for Rob to check in here before I go and throw all this on the Wiki.

Don't wait for me! Keeping notes in one place is what the Useful Notes pages are for.