If antimatter is reckoned to be equivalent to matter going the wrong way through time, and our universe apparently consists of only our kind of matter, wouldn't another universe going the other way through time neatly solve the parity problem?
2006-08-30 04:45:33 · 16 answers · asked by cdrotherham 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Symmetry is the key to the universe. An interesting idea you have there, you could be right.
2006-08-30 04:48:46 · answer #1 · answered by Rox 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question, take a bomb, if you explode it without a resisting force it explodes in all directions in direct proportion. If you explode it with a resisting force (say you drop it or explode directly onto to the earth) then there will be a differential fall out. The earth will curtail the explosion by the force of its mass but the
unrestricted explosive reaction will bellow out to half a sphere and at the same time displace the earth in the form of a Crater. The displaced material will be belched out into the atmosphere.
So, What happened with the 'Big Bang' ? Did the explosion take place in an unrestricted space? or did it occur with a resisting force behind the explosion.
If the explosion occurred without resistance then the result would cause 'Matter to be thrown in all directions proportionally (Direct proportion) this would mean an expansion of time in all directions therefore matter will be going away from us at the same time and speed as we were travelling in the direction we are.
If there was resistance is it possible that some part of space is solid, or perhaps the pressure is such that an explosion would be absorbed and deflected by an explosion. Mind boggling isn't it. Antimatter may result if after the Big Bang gravity collapses and
draws all matter created back to its source.
All the best
2006-08-30 19:24:04 · answer #2 · answered by Redmonk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the antimatter and matter were created out of the energy of the big bang. The only reason we exist is because for some reason there was a mismatch and not all of it recombined. I don't see how the missing anitmatter could have gone back in time. It was already going forward in time when it was created along with the matter we have.
2006-08-30 05:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by helen g 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now that is an intriguing question . Would it then be possible to find this anti-universe and see how long the universe will exist, or what the future would be like? It would seem to solve the existence of antimatter.
2006-08-30 04:59:36 · answer #4 · answered by chavito 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are all kinds of ideas, mostly (only) in theory and in mathematical equations about what happened at the time of or shortly after the Big Bang. Anti-matter can exist - that has been proven in particle chambers. As to an anti-universe, and different directions in time -- Who knows-??? We could not "see" any of this, if it were truly there. We can certainly speculate, but - a lot of it depends upon what relativity predicts, and on what can be predicted by equations. Mind boggling!!
2006-08-30 04:51:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite possible i'd say, however your presuming that we are traveling foreward in time, and your question made me think about the force of time, i.e if time is a force like gravity, what would stop it from changing direction and plunging backwards, would this upset the parity and cause us to run into the past or future depend on the direction of the force ?
2006-08-30 04:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by Mark 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess so...antimatter is my favorite topic...I believe the only way to explain existence is through antimatter and matter in the way you have stated. I didn't know that antimatter was equiv to matter going the wrong way in time though...I have heard of a laboratory somewhere in the US that produces matter, so you can't exactly say that it doesn't exist in our universe...they say that when antimatter comes in contact with its counterpart of matter massive amounts of energy are released according to E=mc^2.
2006-08-30 04:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by n8dawwgg69 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, you're on to something. Since antimatter is matter resolving itself towards a singularity in space-time, the creation of matter (which moves outward in space and forward in time) must therefore simultaneously require the creation of antimatter moving away from it.
2006-08-30 04:51:24 · answer #8 · answered by James O 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An interesting theory and It would explain the apparent lack of anti matter in our universe. I wonder if physics in such a universe would be the opposite of those we know.
2006-08-30 06:28:25 · answer #9 · answered by greebo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
infinite the universe is...so is the possibilities..however its been generally discussed that there might be more than one universe going on...but the point is...well..u need to stop doing that stuff you are doing...i hope you didnt come to terms with this while producing a dookie...
2006-08-30 04:54:50 · answer #10 · answered by Morgy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋