Think of an Anti-You(Matter and Anti-matter)

     Think about an Anti-you (Matter and Anti-matter)

Bizarre title isn't? Science is bizarre too

What is matter?

Matter is us; we are composed of centrally of atoms which have neutrons, protons and electrons which in turn has quarks (smallest particles discovered), hadrons etc. All of these are nothing but matter.
Word matter used in post can be substituted by proton,electron,neutron,quarks etc.

Anti-matter: it can be called as twin of matter; Anti matter has opposite charge to that of matter, rest all aspects (mass, spin etc.) are same for both. Every matter has it anti matter counterpart somewhere in our Universe.

How are they produced?

When we say space is empty, it literally is not empty but filled with huge amount of energy. Einstein’s famous equation E=MC² gives us idea about the conversion of matter and energy, matter and anti-matter pairs are produced from energy described above. Matter and Anti-matter must be produced in pairs so that law of conservation of energy is not broken.

Law of conservation of energy basically states that a charge (positive or negative alone) cannot be created or destroyed, however it can be created in matter and anti-

matter pairs (as charge of these two are exact opposites so net charge remains zero).

What happens when anti-matter and matter meet?

They certainly will not have enough time for a chat, they clash into each other violently and disappear leaving pure energy, and this energy is equal to amount of energy expended to create them. This process is called Annihilation of matter and Anti-matter.

Seconds after big bang

There should have been equal amounts of matter and anti-matter created as they are always created in pairs, if that is the case how are we still alive? Annihilation must’ve occurred long before formation of stars or galaxies yet we live in a matter dominated world.

Various theories are developed to account for this discrepancy, few of them are:

One pair in billions of matter Anti-matter pairs has survived this bulk annihilation; this one matter particle could’ve been accidentally separated from its counter-part (anti-matter) and these one in billion matter particles constitute the universe we know about.

Another theory says that a disturbance caused in fabric of space-time after big bang set off matter and anti-matter in opposite paths. According to this theory just like our world there could be an anti-matter world in some part of universe, it also says that anti-matter repels gravity (has not been proved) so we still exist. This allows us with a possibility of finding an Anti-You.

How real is anti-matter?????

Bananas produce anti-matter; they release one positron every 75 minutes due to decay of potassium.

Positron: anti-matter particle of electron, it has positive charge unlike electron but has same mass, spin, quantum numbers.

But all anti-matter produced is short-lived as it annihilates immediately on contact with matter and we live in matter dominated universe which just increases chances of annihilation. Anti-matter is a future fuel source as a gram of it can produce energy equivalent to that of nuclear bomb, backdrop we currently face is in production and storage of anti-matter.

MATTER PARTICLES	ANTI-MATTER
Quarks	Anti-quarks
Electron	Positron
Proton	Anti-proton
Neutron	Since it is charge less, its anti-matter particles is itself
Leptons	Anti-leptons

It may not be advisable to wish of meeting your counter-part (anti-you) for it will end up in annihilation.