Comments on: A Universe Of Antimatter

By: Brian Koberlein

Brian Koberlein — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 19:05:27 +0000

Physically there’s nothing stopping us. I don’t know if using antimatter would be more effective than other means given the limits of light speed.

By: Robert E Payne

Robert E Payne — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:52:30 +0000

Do you think that one day we may be able to produced anti matter in quantity for use as a means of space craft propulsion?

By: alternativmedicin

alternativmedicin — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 06:52:21 +0000

So what if the elusive dark matter actually is the anti-matter universe with anti-gravity and all? And drk photons!

By: Tino

Tino — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 01:55:55 +0000

A proton is a lot heavier than an electron. This is true for matter and antimatter (anti-proton is heavier then positron) In fact, an electron has the same mass as a positron and a proton has the same mass as an anti-proton. You were also asking if protons orbiting something but protons and neutrons are part of the atom nuclei while electrons ‘orbiting’ the nuclei. It has to be said that they are actually not really orbiting the atom nuclei either but are more in a specific sphere around the nuclei. Don’t picture it as a ball orbiting the nuclei.

So, as far as we can tell today: Antimatter atoms follow the same physics as matter atoms – excluded the decay rate as explained within this article. We are also not 100% sure (yet) about the gravitational effect of antimatter atoms, also mentioned within this article.

Personally I find it very interesting that anti-matter could have a repulsive gravity effect and could act like dark energy. But this is all speculation until we have an observation and measure the gravitational effects of anti-matter.

By: Terry kasten

Terry kasten — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 22:34:49 +0000

Finally, a good first order discussion on anti matter— thank you.
My question is wouldn’t the weight difference of Protons being 1800 times heavier than electrons have a huge impact on anti matter properties? Would atoms even stay together with protons Orbiting? Or, is a positron just a positively charged electron with equal mas to the electron