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Why do matter and antimatter annihilate? (bigthink.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

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From forming bound states to normal scattering, many possibilities abound for matter-antimatter interactions. So why do they annihilate? There’s a quantum reason we simply can’t avoid.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If we could figure out how to use it to make sustainable reactors, we could probably produce a fuckton of energy? It can help us better understand our universe and advance science?

Why wouldn't it matter???

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Why wouldn’t it matter???

Because it's ... anti ... matter

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