Researchers have produced a record high number of electron-positron pairs, opening exciting opportunities to study extreme astrophysical processes, such as black holes and gamma-ray bursts.

The current lasers are at 500-1000 joules.
10-kilojoule-class lasers would provide 100x higher antimatter yield.
This would be ~100t (10^14) positron pairs.

There are many interesting applications if you can regularly and quickly generate 10^19 positrons in less than 1000 seconds. A 1 gigawatt antimatter ignited nuclear fusion generator becomes possible. 10^19 positrons can be used to trigger deuterium tritium fusion.

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