This is an illustration of an matter-antimatter annihilation due to an atom of antihydrogen in the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN. The antiproton produces four charged pions (yellow) whose positions are given by silicon microstrips (pink) before depositing energy in CsI crystals (yellow cubes). The positron also annihilates to produce back-to-back gamma rays (red).
Credit: CERN
Implications for the universe
Igor Bray, of the Centre for Antimatter-Matter Studies at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia, said the research was “interesting.” He added that it has implications for the long-standing problem of the asymmetry of matter and antimatter in the universe – one of the 'holy grails' of physics.
Physicists have long struggled to explain why the universe is so relatively rich in matter when fundamental physics argues that matter and antimatter should exist in equal amounts.
“The researchers are trying to make a link into this concept [although] so far it is a bit tenuous,” said Bray. “They’re saying perhaps we’re not doing our counting properly and antimatter can survive for much longer than we think, because perhaps it is not interacting with matter as much as we thought it should be.”
Antimatter ?
In simple and easy language can any one illustrate and explain the beauty of the hidden meaning of this word ANTIMATTER ?
Not so strange
I don't see this so strange. Antiprotons has negative charge, and the atoms electron shells have negative charge too so they should repel if they come really close.