the antimatter particle corresponding to the
electron,
recorded in a cloud chamber from a cosmic ray collision.
When particles of antimatter and matter interact
the mass of both particles is converted into
energy
according to Einstein’s equation, its mass multiplied
by the square of the speed of light.
Asymmetry
Small amounts of antimatter are created
throughout the universe
by high-energy cosmic rays, but it is
immediately
annihilated by an equal amount of ordinary matter on
contact.
If the creation of matter and antimatter were
equally likely
why is antimatter so scarce in this universe?
Otherwise, why is it not equally likely? One can only say
that if it were equally likely then matter and
antimatter
would have annihilated each other long before now.
Untestable
hypotheses
Here I deny
the necessity
and sufficiency
of all our means
of seeing—
Many things
exist that we
cannot see
or, in seeing,
do not know.
The current theory is that matter and antimatter must be
created in equal amounts, in pairs; however, in our universe
matter vastly overwhelms antimatter. Was there a slight imbalance
in the amounts created? Does antimatter decay faster than matter?
Did all the antimatter get pushed to distant galaxies or sucked
into a parallel universe?
Annihilation of an electron and a positron at rest produces
two gamma ray photons; that is, annihilation produces pure energy;
however, other types of matter-antimatter collisions are more
complex. Annihilation of a proton and an antiproton produces
mesons that decay into photons, positrons, electrons, and
neutrinos.
The current theory is that matter and antimatter must be created in equal amounts, in pairs; however, in our universe matter vastly overwhelms antimatter. Was there a slight imbalance in the amounts created? Does antimatter decay faster than matter? Did all the antimatter get pushed to distant galaxies or sucked into a parallel universe?
Annihilation of an electron and a positron at rest produces two gamma ray photons; that is, annihilation produces pure energy; however, other types of matter-antimatter collisions are more complex. Annihilation of a proton and an antiproton produces mesons that decay into photons, positrons, electrons, and neutrinos.
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