Gordon Fraser,
Gordon (Conseil Europeen de Recherches Nucleaires, Geneva) Fraser
Antimatter
The Ultimate Mirror
Gebonden Engels 2000 9780521652520Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
In 1928 the physicist Paul Dirac predicted the existence of antimatter in a mirror world, where the electrical charges on particles would be opposite to those of ordinary matter. This mirror world is found, fleetingly, at the quantum level, with positrons the counterpart of electrons, and antiprotons the opposite of protons. This book introduces the world of antimatter without using technical language or equations. The author shows how the quest for symmetry in physics slowly revealed the properties of antimatter. When large particle accelerators came on line, the antimatter debris of collisions provided new clues on its properties. This is a fast-paced and lucid account of how science fiction became fact.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521652520
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:222
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
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Inhoudsopgave
1. Science fiction becomes science fact; 2. Mirror worlds; 3. An imbalanced kit of electrical parts; 4. The quantum master; 5. Positive proof; 6. The back passage of time; 7. The quark and the antiquark; 8. Broken mirrors; 9. The cosmic corkscrew; 10. Antiparticle collision course; 11. Setting a trap for antimatter; 12. Glue versus antichemistry; 13. Antimatter in action; 14. Antimatter of the utmost gravity.
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