So if I find a natural antimatter star, and I’m afraid someone will use it as a weapon, the safest thing to do is to throw it into a black hole.
I’m sorry if I’m explaining the joke, but the rule of thumb is that this only saves you an order of magnitude of violence; 10% of the mass is released as radiation.
In fact, “throw it into a black hole” seems like a better answer to Liron’s question than “collide it with equally much antimatter.” It’s not as efficient, but it’s a lot easier to find black holes than antimatter. It may be easier in the annihilation case to actually use the energy, but I’m not sure.
I’m sorry if I’m explaining the joke, but the rule of thumb is that this only saves you an order of magnitude of violence; 10% of the mass is released as radiation.
In fact, “throw it into a black hole” seems like a better answer to Liron’s question than “collide it with equally much antimatter.” It’s not as efficient, but it’s a lot easier to find black holes than antimatter. It may be easier in the annihilation case to actually use the energy, but I’m not sure.