I think your a little confused about the properties of anti-matter. It still has mass. |
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Antimatter makes no sense to me. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space. How can anything exist that doesn't take up space, besides time and thoughts and energy and stuff? |
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I think your a little confused about the properties of anti-matter. It still has mass. |
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Last edited by spockman; 10-25-2008 at 02:35 AM.
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Antimatter is simply the set of particles corresponding to the usual particles (in terms of mass and spin) but with opposite charge. So, for example, a positron is an anti-electron and has a positive charge but still positive mass, equal to electron mass. |
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I think that science is or was confused to why the Universe was compiled of virtually all matter. Thus comprising the theory of anti matter. |
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Oh, charge. Okay, cool thanks. I did understand that it explodes when it comes in contact with matter. I have a question. I heard that we have a little it of antimatter. How do we hold it? In a vacuum? But then it would fall and touch the container, thus annihilating itself... |
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Well, first let me point out that all anti-matter is charged. Otherwise, it would be neutral, and neutral is the opposite of neutral. Technically, the neutron is its own anti-particle. So anyway, storing antimatter is just a problem of suspending a charged particle in a vacuum without letting it touch anything. |
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I'm not a physicist, but ... |
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