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

submitted 5 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Iapar@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Why does it matter?

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing this is a pun that people are missing?

[–] Iapar@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

Jupp.

[–] snooggums@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Understanding things leads to new possibilities.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 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???

[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Why wouldn’t it matter???

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

badum-tss

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

The reasons why it matters and why it doesn't matter cancel themselves out