antimatter radiation - The Five-Minute Forums

Xeroc · #17 02-12-2006, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Sa'ar Chasm

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The neutrons would become antineutrons, no?

No such animal. Antimatter is formed by reversing the charge on the particle (electron/positron). Neutrons are neutral, hence no charge, hence no reversal.

In mathematical terms, -0 = 0.

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Originally Posted by Zeke

WOW did you just put your foot in your mouth. You dare cite math to me? Especially when I'm the one of us who did his homework before posting?

Yeah, Zeke's right on this one, Anitmatter isn't only a reversal of charge, that's just an effect of it. Additionally, the neutron is made of quarks (as Zeke's wikipedia link states) and the Anti-neutron is made of antiquarks, which all have an opposite charge, but since they still add up to zero overall, the antineutron still has 0 overall charge.

Oh, and a

for Dereks comment, too.