Antimatter

The Ultimate Mirror

Gordon Fraser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2002
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-89309-1 (ISBN)

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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.

Gordon Fraser works at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva, Switzerland, where he is Editor of CERN Courier, a monthly magazine covering all aspects of particle physics. He has been a Visiting Lecturer in Science Communication at several universities.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.3.2002
Zusatzinfo	26 Halftones, unspecified; 8 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 227 mm
Gewicht	388 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
ISBN-10	0-521-89309-7 / 0521893097
ISBN-13	978-0-521-89309-1 / 9780521893091
Zustand	Neuware