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oops: i may have destroyed the laws of Physics.
Xanatic Posted Jan 22, 2004
But why would you want to do that Admiral?
oops: i may have destroyed the laws of Physics.
F F Churchton Posted Jan 23, 2004
If you were bored witless and had billions of quid to spend
anyway...I thought of something weird last night after a few Sherries, that if the antimatter remained after the big bang (which would explain why there's matter) it must be experiancing the exact opposite of matter. The antimatter part of the universe would therefore be in a 'clump' in the centre of the universe.
oops: i may have destroyed the laws of Physics.
F F Churchton Posted Jan 23, 2004
Also the clump would be so dense with antimatter, that it would produce an antigravity field. On the assumption that matter produces gravity. This would also explain why the universe is expanding, from a centre point. So if the matter/antimatter plane collision theory for the big bang is correct. The matter plane must be a high gravity dense object while the anti-matter plane must be spread sub-universe, when the impact occured between the two planes (the big bang). The roles must have been switched!!!
oops: i may have destroyed the laws of Physics.
Xanatic Posted Jan 23, 2004
Hmmm, anti-matter have an opposite electrical charge. But as far as we know, they do not produce anti-gravity. They just have normal gravity.
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F F Churchton Posted Jan 23, 2004
But how, mesons have no mass, although I'm thinking Baryon number, which would explain the hole anti-gravity thing. Well that's my theory out the window!!!
oops: i may have destroyed the laws of Physics.
Xanatic Posted Jan 23, 2004
Hmmm, I can't quite remember which particles are called mesons.
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F F Churchton Posted Jan 23, 2004
The ones with one quark and an anti-quark"!!!
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Xanatic Posted Jan 23, 2004
Hmmm, how could such a particle exist without being annihilated?
You don't mean particles made out of three quarks, like protons and neutrons?
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F F Churchton Posted Jan 23, 2004
It's true, check the web!!!
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