Antimatter : what it is and why it's important in physics and everyday life / Beatriz Gato-Rivera.
Gato-Rivera, Beatriz, author.; Gato-Rivera, Beatriz. Antimateria.
2021
QC173
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Title Antimatter : what it is and why it's important in physics and everyday life / Beatriz Gato-Rivera.
Author Gato-Rivera, Beatriz, author.
ISBN 9783030677916 (electronic bk.)
3030677915 (electronic bk.)
9783030677909
3030677907
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67791-6
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-67791-6 doi
Call Number QC173
Dewey Decimal Classification 530
Summary Antimatter is one of the most fascinating aspects of Particle Physics, and matter-antimatter annihilation the most energetic process in the universe. If they existed, everyday objects made of antimatter would look exactly like those made of ordinary matter, as would antimatter stars. We live surrounded by antimatter, since showers of matter and antimatter particles fall incessantly on the Earth's surface, some of them penetrating our buildings. Furthermore, many things around us - bananas, for example - actually emit antielectrons. This book first introduces the essentials of particle physics and the nature of particles and antiparticles. It describes the discovery of antimatter particles and explains how they are produced, where they are found, and how antistars could be spotted; it also introduces cosmic rays, particle accelerators, dark matter, dark energy and nuclear reactions in stars. The enigma of the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the Universe is discussed as are the very real applications of antimatter in hospitals, in industry and in cutting-edge research and technology, Non-specialist readers will find here a wealth of fascinating and accessible information to deepen their appreciation of antimatter.
Note "This book is a substantially extended and updated version of the Spanish book Antimateria, published in October 2018 by the Editorial CSIC/Los Libros de la Catarata"--Preface
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Matter versus Antimatter
Discovering Antimatter
Cosmic Rays
Particle Accelerators
Experiments with Antiatoms
Matter
Antimatter Asymmetry
Medical and Technological Applications of Antimatter
Epilogue.

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