Antimatter
ANTIMATTER PART1
Letz get this really simple going , antimatter are anything like demons ; if we would have to compare the gods to matter . Scientifically definition of the antiparticle is that , " those particles same like the matter particles namely proton , neutron , electron etc ,. but having an opposite charge in them and having an opposite spin ". But still they maintain their magnitudes same as that of their counterparts .
Some antiparticles are :
1.Positron - antiparticle for the electron . Both have the same charge i.e. 1.6*10^-19 C . But as stated above they have opposite charges and opposite spins . One more point to note here is its rest mass energy (MeV) - 0.510
2. Anti-proton as the name suggests are the antiparticle for the protons . They have a rest mass energy of 938.257 MeV .
3. Anti-neutron antiparticle for neutrons . Rest mass energy being 939.551 MeV
4. Anti-neutrino antiparticle for the neutrino . Here rest mass energy being 0 MeV . Here actually the neutrino dont have another antiparticle , but serve as an antiparticle for themselves . , hence they are called 'Majorana Particle' meaning its own antiparticle.
After the big bang theory they are said to have equal amount of antimatter and matter particle . But when an antimatter and matter come in contact with each other they annihilate with each other to release energy . For eg. annihilation of anti-proton with proton ,
Rest energy of a proton/anti-proton = 938.257 MeV (Mega-electronvolts) (using E = mc^2)
2 * 938.257 = 1876.514 MeV (because there are 2 particles)
1876.514 * 10^6 = 1876514000 eV (get from MeV to eV)
1 eV = 1.60 * 10^-19J (convert to joules using charge of an electron (because we're in electron volts))
So 1876514000 eV = (1876514000 * (1.60 * 10^-19)) J
= 3.00 * 10^-10 J .
2 * 938.257 = 1876.514 MeV (because there are 2 particles)
1876.514 * 10^6 = 1876514000 eV (get from MeV to eV)
1 eV = 1.60 * 10^-19J (convert to joules using charge of an electron (because we're in electron volts))
So 1876514000 eV = (1876514000 * (1.60 * 10^-19)) J
= 3.00 * 10^-10 J .
That is just for one particle with other particle . Then imagine for millions and millions of such particles , the energy released should have killed us all now . But that dint happen because there were some extras being produced at the time of big bang theory . This is still being studied under various famous experiments conducted out at CERN like ALPHA , AEGIS , GBAR . But this against the traditional belief , that when a particle is created simultaneously its anti particle is also generated ,.
Thank you.
End of Antimatter part 1.

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