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RE: Matter and Antimatter – An Explosive Couple! (Particle Physics Series – Episode 4B)
It is interesting to read..Even though I was aware of Einstein's equation since very young age,I didn't know about the existence of anti-matter and it's rigour.
Is it possible to create anti-matter in our labs? What would be the Anti-Oxygen look like? Can we inhale it?
I'm eagerly waiting for your next posts and will be reading your older posts right away.
Thank you for your comment.
The first episode should answer some of your questions. Yes, antimatter can be created in particle
accelerators. Anti protons and positrons (= anti electrons) are produced and assembled to form anti-hydrogen. I read that recently anti-helium nuclei have been manufactured too. Up to now, nothing heavier has been synthesized (like anti-oxygen) or even observed. I'll discuss of the likely-hood of observing anti-atoms in a future episode.
And if you breathed anti-oxygen, I think you wouldn't feel too well afterwards ;-).
Antimatter exists also naturally. Most of it is under the form of positrons that occurs from beta decays of protons into neutrons (Proton --> Neutron + neutrino + positron). It is also found in cosmic rays.
Thank you for answering my queries..I guess in near future North Korea would be bragging about their new invention 'Anti-Matter Bomb' that may outpower the mightiest bombs of other nations!
No worries, antimatter is ultra expensive to create, around 60 trillion dollars a gram...