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Antimatter - What It Is and Why It's Important in Physics and Everyday Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Antimatter - What It Is and Why It's Important in Physics and Everyday Life (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle
Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic
process in the universe. If they existed, everyday objects made of
antimatter would look exactly like those made of ordinary matter,
as would antimatter stars. We live surrounded by antimatter, since
showers of matter and antimatter particles fall incessantly on the
Earth's surface, some of them penetrating our buildings.
Furthermore, many things around us - bananas, for example -
actually emit antielectrons. This book first introduces the
essentials of particle physics and the nature of particles and
antiparticles. It describes the discovery of antimatter particles
and explains how they are produced, where they are found, and how
antistars could be spotted; it also introduces cosmic rays,
particle accelerators, dark matter, dark energy and nuclear
reactions in stars. The enigma of the matter-antimatter asymmetry
in the Universe is discussed as are the very real applications of
antimatter in hospitals, in industry and in cutting-edge research
and technology, Non-specialist readers will find here a wealth of
fascinating and accessible information to deepen their appreciation
of antimatter.
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