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

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months 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???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Why wouldn’t it matter???

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

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