Antimatter keeps with quantum theory. It’s both particle and wave

ScienceNews.org ^ | May 3, 2019 | Maria Temming

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The famous double-slit experiment (illustrated) has revealed that particles of matter,
like electrons, are also waves. Now, researchers have performed a similar experiment
to demonstrate antimatter’s wavelike behavior.

Below, some additional graphics I found elsewhere online...

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Below, a link to a surprisingly excellent, and fascinating, 6-min cartoon illustration of the standard double-slit experiment and other totally bizarre quantum phenomenon...

Dr Quantum - Double Slit Experiment
604,584 views

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwXQjRBLwsQ

[Steely Tom]

You are only coming through in waves.

[wally_bert]

Ye canna ney mix matter ana anti-matter cap’n.

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Matter + Anti-Matter = Annihilation

In particle physics, annihilation is the process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles, such as an electron colliding with a positron to produce two photons.[1]

The total energy and momentum of the initial pair are conserved in the process and distributed among a set of other particles in the final state.

Antiparticles have exactly opposite additive quantum numbers from particles, so the sums of all quantum numbers of such an original pair are zero.

Hence, any set of particles may be produced whose total quantum numbers are also zero as long as conservation of energy and conservation of momentum are obeyed.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation

[TChad]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter:

Scientists claim that antimatter is the costliest material to make.[68] In 2006, Gerald Smith estimated $250 million could produce 10 milligrams of positrons[69] (equivalent to $25 billion per gram); in 1999, NASA gave a figure of $62.5 trillion per gram of antihydrogen.[68]

[faithhopecharity]

Antimatter’s super expensive, wow! This explains why God made us out of the cheap stuff

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“estimated $250 million could produce 10 milligrams of positrons[69] (equivalent to $25 billion per gram)”

Lol! Wow.

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Lol!

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

It’s two mints in one!

[BenLurkin]

Your lips move, but I can’t hear what they say.

[sparklite2]

There may be entire galaxies made of anti-matter.
Don’t go to one, even if you get a free ticket.

[Moonman62]

A positron is equivalent to an electron traveling backwards in time, so they got the expected result.

[zeestephen]

Great post.

I had no idea that atoms and molecules demonstrate wave behavior.

I thought only discrete particles like photons and electrons did that.

[gundog]

Don’t be so particular.

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Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’ spotted in objects almost big enough to see

By Gabriel Popkin
Apr 25, 2018

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/einstein-s-spooky-action-distance-spotted-objects-almost-big-enough-see

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A positron is equivalent to an electron traveling backwards in time

Where did you read or hear that?

[Tzimisce]

For later

[Wildbill22]

But does the antimatter act differently when observed, as in the double slit experiment?