Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 22

           "You’reabouttowitnessyourfirstantimatter-matterannihilation.Afewmillionthsofagram.Arelativelyminusculespecimen."

           Langdonlookedoutattheantimattertrapsittingaloneontheflooroftheenormoustank.Kohleralsoturnedtowardthewindow,lookinguncertain.

           "Normally,"Vittoriaexplained,"we’dhavetowaitthefulltwenty-fourhoursuntilthebatteriesdied,butthischambercontainsmagnetsbeneaththefloorthatcanoverridethetrap,pullingtheantimatteroutofsuspension.Andwhenthematterandantimattertouch…"

           "Annihilation,"Kohlerwhispered.

           "Onemorething,"Vittoriasaid."Antimatterreleasespureenergy.Aonehundredpercentconversionofmasstophotons.Sodon’tlookdirectlyatthesample.Shieldyoureyes."

           Langdonwaswary,buthenowsensedVittoriawasbeingoverlydramatic.Don’tlookdirectlyatthecanister?Thedevicewasmorethanthirtyyardsaway,behindanultrathickwalloftintedPlexiglas.Moreover,thespeckinthecanisterwasinvisible,microscopic.Shieldmyeyes?Langdonthought.Howmuchenergycouldthatspeckpossibly—

           Vittoriapressedthebutton.

           Instantly,Langdonwasblinded.Abrilliantpointoflightshoneinthecanisterandthenexplodedoutwardinashockwaveoflightthatradiatedinalldirections,eruptingagainstthewindowbeforehimwiththunderousforce.Hestumbledbackasthedetonationrockedthevault.Thelightburnedbrightforamoment,searing,andthen,afteraninstant,itrushedbackinward,absorbinginonitself,andcollapsingintoatinyspeckthatdisappearedtonothing

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