Thursday, November 18, 2010

So what's the antimatter.....dude?



From Wikipedia

In particle physics, antimatter is the extension of the concept of the antiparticle to matter, where antimatter is composed of antiparticles in the same way that normal matter is composed of particles. For example, a positron (the antiparticle of the electron) and an antiproton can form an antihydrogenatom in the same way that an electron and a proton form a normal matter hydrogen atom. Furthermore, mixing matter and antimatter can lead to the annihilation of both in the same way that mixing antiparticles and particles does, thus giving rise to high-energy photons (gamma rays) or other particle–antiparticle pairs.

There is considerable speculation as to why the observable universe is apparently almost entirely matter, whether there exist other places that are almost entirely antimatter instead, and what might be possible if antimatter could be harnessed. At this time, the apparent asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the visible universe is one of the greatest unsolved problems in physics. The process by which this asymmetry between particles and antiparticles developed is called baryogenesis.

At CERN they claim to have trapped 38 antithydrogen atoms.....for two-tenths of a second.

The Big Bang boys and girls say that equal amounts of matter and anti-mater were created at THE MOMENT but that anti-matter doesn't seem to be found in nature.

I just don't think they are looking in the right cupboard.

Anti-matter is absolutely everywhere in between everything that is anything.

Pretty simply don't you think?

Particle Physics is such a hoot....and Quantum Physics, when breed with Particle Physics gets the cuttest little baby physics.

I'm sure they will be naming the new baby physics pretty soon.

Maybe Roger or Bill or Frank or Sue or Nancy might be a good name for something so simple.

Physics that actually explains how and why the Universe exist.

Maybe just call it.........i physics so it could just be one more thing that Apple owns.

I'm going out to the promenade today to see if I can come face to face with some antimatter....

or find a face that matters

To be quite honest....when I see the kind of face that lights up my meter it makes the Universe seem understandable and harmonious......and it doesn't happen very often but it does happen and that's all

that

antimatters.

And by the way....Emma Watson is the new Grace Kelly

Michael Timothy McAlevey





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