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Antimatter is a substance composed of antiparticles, which have the same mass as particles of ordinary matter but opposite charges, as well as other particle properties like spin and magnetic moment. When a particle and its antiparticle meet, they annihilate each other, releasing energy in the form of radiation, typically gamma rays. This annihilation process makes antimatter extremely interesting both theoretically and practically. It has important applications in medical imaging, specifically in positron emission tomography (PET) scans, where a positron (the antiparticle of the electron) is emitted and subsequently annihilates with an electron, helping to produce detailed images of internal bodily structures. Theoretical and experimental studies of antimatter also provide significant insights into the fundamental symmetries of the universe and help test predictions of the Standard Model of particle physics. The production and study of antimatter are challenging due to its tendency to annihilate upon contact with matter, requiring sophisticated techniques to create and trap antimatter particles without them coming into contact with normal matter.
The universe consists of matter. Matter is everything we see around us. That’s strange –…
The Precision Reactor Oscillation and Spectrum Experiment (PROSPECT) has completed the installation of a novel…
New data could shed light on why the universe has more matter than antimatter. This…
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A mountaintop observatory about four hours east of Mexico City, built and operated by an…
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A newly published study details how physicists discovered the first direct evidence of pear-shaped nuclei…
In a new study, physicists from the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley used data from…
A new study from the LHCb collaboration at CERN details the first observation of matter-antimatter…
AMS announced the first results in its search for dark matter, reporting the observation of…
A research team led by Harvard University physicists has measured the magnetic moment of single…
The Daya Bay Neutrino experiment, recognized by Science magazine as a runner-up for the breakthrough…
After tens of thousands of interactions of electron antineutrinos at Daya Bay, data revealed a…