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Where are the antiparticles?

Where are the antiparticles?  
Jim
 Re: Where are the antiparticles?  
George Dishman
From:Jim
Subject:Where are the antiparticles?
Date:21 Jan 2005 09:32:20 -0800
Given that the collision between high energy photons created all matter
prior to the freeze-out following the big bang (I think!), shouldn't
the quantity of antimatter be the same as that of matter? It is my
understanding that this antimatter does not exist anymore. Where the
heck did it go?
From:George Dishman
Subject:Re: Where are the antiparticles?
Date:Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:18:15 -0000

"Jim" wrote in message
news:1106328740.689213.118230@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Given that the collision between high energy photons created all matter
> prior to the freeze-out following the big bang (I think!), shouldn't
> the quantity of antimatter be the same as that of matter? It is my
> understanding that this antimatter does not exist anymore. Where the
> heck did it go?

Nobody knows is the simple answer.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/baryogenesis.html

George
   

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