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Where does dissipated energy go as in matter and anti-matter annihilation?

In matter-antimatter annihilation, the energy is primarily transformed into high-energy photons (gamma rays). These photons can then further interact and create new particles in a process called pair production or contribute to heating the surrounding environment. Ultimately, the energy from matter-antimatter annihilation is dispersed and can contribute to various physical processes.


Why do you get photons or other particles in annihilation of subatomic particles?

In annihilation between electron and positron, you should get nothing in your hand. Instead of that you get a pair of photons. The question is that why should you get the pair of photons. So this is not complete annihilation. The answer is simple to this question. When you bring the electron and positron slowly to each other, they will annihilate to each other and will not produce the photons also. But when the particles come with high speed, they carry the energy and have momentum. This energy is converted into photons of different wave length and the electron and positron disappear or get completely annihilated. When you have heavy particles like protons and anti-protons or neutrons and anti-neutrons strike to each other, you get much larger amount of energy that is left. Because they are brought to each other at high speed, they have high momentum and so carry the large amount of energy. This energy is liberated after the annihilation. When enough quantum of energy is there, you have production of electrons, positrons and neutrinos get generated. The rest of the energy is left in the form of photons. When larger molecules of matter and antimatter will collide with each other, you may get smaller molecules of matter and antimatter in your hand.


What is an annihilation reaction?

Annihilation reaction is when you take matter and anti-matter and try to put them together and they cancel each other out. Try putting an electron and a positron together. What happens? They will cancel each other out.


Each fundamental atomic particle has an opposite particle A collision of these opposites will result in the annihilation of each particle These types of particles are referred to as?

Anti-matter. Antimatter.


What is annihilation of matter?

Annihilation of matter is a process in which a particle and its antiparticle collide and their mass is converted into energy in the form of photons. This process obeys the conservation laws of energy and momentum, resulting in the production of gamma-ray photons.

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Where does dissipated energy go as in matter and anti-matter annihilation?

In matter-antimatter annihilation, the energy is primarily transformed into high-energy photons (gamma rays). These photons can then further interact and create new particles in a process called pair production or contribute to heating the surrounding environment. Ultimately, the energy from matter-antimatter annihilation is dispersed and can contribute to various physical processes.


Why do you get photons or other particles in annihilation of subatomic particles?

In annihilation between electron and positron, you should get nothing in your hand. Instead of that you get a pair of photons. The question is that why should you get the pair of photons. So this is not complete annihilation. The answer is simple to this question. When you bring the electron and positron slowly to each other, they will annihilate to each other and will not produce the photons also. But when the particles come with high speed, they carry the energy and have momentum. This energy is converted into photons of different wave length and the electron and positron disappear or get completely annihilated. When you have heavy particles like protons and anti-protons or neutrons and anti-neutrons strike to each other, you get much larger amount of energy that is left. Because they are brought to each other at high speed, they have high momentum and so carry the large amount of energy. This energy is liberated after the annihilation. When enough quantum of energy is there, you have production of electrons, positrons and neutrinos get generated. The rest of the energy is left in the form of photons. When larger molecules of matter and antimatter will collide with each other, you may get smaller molecules of matter and antimatter in your hand.


What was destroyed within the first seconds after the big bang?

Virtually all matter and anti-matter were annihilated shortly after the universe started expanding. Only a fraction of a percent of all matter survived that annihilation, and virtually no anti-matter.


What is the matter antimatter reaction called?

When matter and anti matter is combined, they are both annihilated, so it is called annihilation. This is why physicists are so confused - we don't know why there is matter left in this universe, if matter and anti matter were both created in equal quantities in the big bang.


Can annihilation of matter occur between a positron and neutron?

No, a positron cannot react with a neutron in any kind of annihilation reaction. An electron and a positron can, and the same with a neutron and an anti-neutron, but it does not occur between a positron and a neutron.


What is an annihilation reaction?

Annihilation reaction is when you take matter and anti-matter and try to put them together and they cancel each other out. Try putting an electron and a positron together. What happens? They will cancel each other out.


Each fundamental atomic particle has an opposite particle A collision of these opposites will result in the annihilation of each particle These types of particles are referred to as?

Anti-matter. Antimatter.


What is annihilation of matter?

Annihilation of matter is a process in which a particle and its antiparticle collide and their mass is converted into energy in the form of photons. This process obeys the conservation laws of energy and momentum, resulting in the production of gamma-ray photons.


Can anti matter be destroyed?

According to the law of conservation of mass, "Matter can neither be created nor be destroyed". Antimatter is also matter because it has weight and occupies space. The difference is that it has opposite charges on its particles i.e (+ve)electronand (-ve)proton.As a result of annihilation of matter and antimatter, a very very huge amount of energy is released of what you can't imagine! You can't destroy matter with antimatter but you can convert it into Energy by annihilating them.


What happens when anti-matter is created?

When antimatter is created, it immediately seeks to annihilate with normal matter through a process called particle-antiparticle annihilation, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of gamma rays. This interaction results in the conversion of both particles into pure energy following Einstein's famous equation, E=mc^2.


Is fire antimatter?

No it is not. Fire is a chemical reaction involving matter (molecules). You could have and anti-matter fire however. It would be hot just like regular fire but not as hot if you mixed the anti-matter and matter fuel. The mutual annihilation would release a lot of energy in accordance with E=MC².


Does matter and anti-matter degrade equaly?

In theory, matter and antimatter should degrade equally when they come in contact with each other, resulting in the release of large amounts of energy. This process is known as annihilation and is a fundamental principle in particle physics.