2007-05-11 03:49:32 · 9 answers · asked by hdgrif 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
We haven't yet created enough antimatter to be certain how it interacts with gravitational fields, but as far as I know, there is no theoretical reason to believe that it would be different from ordinary matter. Therefore, presumably, all black holes draw in antimatter as well as matter.
2007-05-11 03:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
All blackholes would draw in antimatter in the same way as they do matter. Gravity affects everything equally.
However, there is very, very little antimatter in the universe due to symmetry breaking just after the big bang.
2007-05-11 11:02:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Someone mentioned here that there may be galaxies of antimatter and that we don't know why everything is matter. That is definitely wrong. There is a slight breaking of a symmetry in quantum physics that says the universe must be matter, That's been known for years and verified by experiment. Matter and antimatter have the same gravitational effects.
2007-05-11 11:24:09 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an open question in astrophysics why it seems that most of the universe seems to be matter and not anti-matter. It is either that elsewhere there are galaxies that are made of antimatter that are physically seperated from the galaxies made of matter, or that the anti-matter in the galaxy somehow was lost.
If there are regions of antimatter in the universe, they would be just as likely to form blackholes as the matter would.
2007-05-11 11:00:22 · answer #4 · answered by Nicknamr 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The heisenberg uncertainty principle can be applied to vacuums to produce certain flashes of matter and antimatter being created, then anihlated, so they will disapear into the vacuum one again. so a black hole will always draw in antimatter, but not always for long.
2007-05-11 11:19:31 · answer #5 · answered by ck_pinna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matter and antimatter are not distinguishable from the sole standpoint of gravity. Thus, black holes act on both alike, according to their mass (there's no such thing as "antimass").
2007-05-11 11:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by DrGerard 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are good, correct answers here. I'd go with the first, JonV's answer.
2007-05-11 11:19:11 · answer #7 · answered by Carl M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am also very curious about this.
I found that link
2007-05-11 10:59:28 · answer #8 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, black holes are anti-matter and would therefore repel anti-matter
2007-05-11 10:58:22 · answer #9 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋