Introduction
Introduction
Introduction What is it?
Where is it?
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So where is all this stuff? I don't see any around here.
Believe it or nor the the answer is complex in its simplicity. Huh?
According to the quantum theories developed to describe anti-particles, you cannot have matter without an equal quantity of anti-matter. The two are created in pairs out of pure energy. Thus, there should be an equal amount of both in the universe. Do you see the problem? All the stuff around here is just ordinary matter.
So where is all the excess anti-matter located?
Well, you could conceive of an entire planet, star, solar system, or even a galaxy made totally of anti-matter. Theoretically, the planet would "appear" no different than some other planet. For this reason, astrophysicists have searched for anti-matter galaxies and even larger structures by looking for the violent activity that would occur at the boundaries, where annihilations with matter particles would create abundant amounts of gamma rays. But no such structures have been identified thus far, even within searches billions of light years in extent. It appears we live in a universe completely dominated by matter.
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