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I will be using solar antimatter production via Schwinger pair production like the VARIES project but I need to store it for bulk use. The containment will be a satellite orbiting the sun close enough to draw the energy needed. This is a question of scale.

I want to store my antimatter in a Minimum Magnetic Field Trap orbiting the sun, for use later as a propellant.

Is there a theoretical size limit to MMFT antimatter containment, or is there another method which can achieve large scales?

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There seems to be a lot of unknowns with the theoretical technology you suggest, so the only way to really determine the size limit is to look at what we have now and scale-up. Storing antimatter on a large scale in the simplest way might be an array of MMFT containers. This way you can apply what we know to be true, and use minimal "magic science". The scale can be extremely large so I think this solution would be viable.

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  • What's MMFT? Google is thinks I need a doctor or something. – John Dvorak Jun 18 '20 at 17:20
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    @JohnDvorak the OP used it as a stand-in for a Minimum Magnetic Field Trap. – Alex Jun 18 '20 at 17:32
  • The only problem with that is if I need a 1 ton apparatus to hold an atom of anti-matter pretty soon I'll have a miniature black hole to slingshot my rocket off of rather than using it for it's original purpose. TL;DR you can't ever assume things work the same outside of the same magnitude they actually work in (*cough cough* Quantum *sneeze*) – Black Jul 20 '20 at 11:11