RE: Something that has been on my mind
November 29, 2015 at 11:50 am
(This post was last modified: November 29, 2015 at 11:56 am by Alex K.)
(November 29, 2015 at 11:46 am)Redbeard The Pink Wrote:(November 27, 2015 at 2:19 pm)Quantum Wrote: @Redbeard
Matter and Antimatter don't annihilate to nothing. I don't therefore understand your comparison...
They don't? I'm no physicist, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the process. What I'm talking about is discussed in Kraus' s A Universe From Nothing, If I'm not mistaken.
No. For example, an Electron and its antiparticle, a Positron, each have, via their mass, a rest energy of 511 keV. If they meet, they annihilate and the result of this process is two photons with 511 keV each. Energy is not lost.
When Protons and Antiprotons, Neutrons and Antineutrons meet as would be the case with proper Antimatter, much of their rest energy goes into Neutrinos as well, not just photons. This is discussed by the CERN website they created in the wake of the Dan Brown movie "Angels and Demons."
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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