Antimatter and matter annihilate each other?
Also can a positron be used to intiate fussion in hydrgen.
Also is this true virtual particals and anti virtual particals hold the same charge and do they annihilate each other?
2007-12-29 11:39:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
lets assume I already know that matter is the same as energy what I am really asking then is do they both convert to energy?
2007-12-29 11:57:31 · update #1
As far as matter and antimatter go, they aren't created or destroyed; they merely cancel each other out. Therefore, there is no net change.
2007-12-29 11:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Matter and antimatter do get destroyed when they annihilate each other. It isn't true that matter can't be created or destroyed.
You end up with an amount of energy that depends on how much matter got converted into energy. If you include that in the total tally then everything still adds up.
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If you are including energy in your idea of "matter" then I'd say yes, both 'matter' and antimatter get converted to energy. It's a bit confusing to use the term 'matter' in two ways, though.
2007-12-29 19:50:50 · answer #2 · answered by Steve H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When matter is "annihilated" it is converted to energy by the formula E=Mc^2 (e equals m times c squared)
If a positron could be used to initiate fusion in hydrogen (or hydrgen), fusion would be a lot easier.
2007-12-29 20:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they are really, really converted to energy. E = mc^2. These reactions are often used in particle accelerators like CERN in Geneva.or Fermilab in the US.
No, positrons can not be used to initiate fusion in hydrogen. You need 4 hydrogens fusing to 1 Helium.
Particles and anti-particles have to have charge 0 or opposite charge. They can not have the same charge (unless 0).
2007-12-29 20:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by map 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Matter is routinely created and destroyed. It's energy which cannot be destroyed. Matter is just one way of storing energy, with its mass being a measure of how much. It can be converted to kinetic and radiation energy, for example, when a particle of matter is combined with its corresponding antiparticle, or when fisson or fusion occurs, liberating nuclear potential energy
2007-12-29 20:01:01 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Matter and energy are interchangeable.
No biggie
2007-12-29 19:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by attakkdog 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You have NULL - A .
2007-12-29 19:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋