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4. WHAT IS ANTIMATTER?
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- 1. PRELUDE:THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING ANTIMATTER 1
- 2. CONSTANT PHYSICS IN AN EVOLVING UNIVERSE 7
- 3. AS THE UNIVERSE EXPANDS 21
- 4. WHAT IS ANTIMATTER? 36
- 5. ENTER NEUTRINOS 51
- 6. MESONS 57
- 7. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 63
- 8. THROUGH THE LOOKING ANTIGLASS 73
- 9. THE SURVIVAL OF MATTER 80
- 10. ENTER QUARKS 91
- 11. ENERGY RULES 111
- 12. SYMMETRY RULES 121
- 13. STANDARD MODEL GAUGE SYMMETRIES 132
- 14. A MISSING PIECE 140
- 15. IT STILL DOESN’T WORK! 159
- 16. TOOLS OF THE TRADE 168
- 17. SEARCHING FOR CLUES 180
- 18. SPECULATIONS 194
- 19. NEUTRINO SURPRISES 206
- 20. FOLLOWING THE NEW CLUES 222
- 21. FINALE 231
- APPENDIX: A TIMELINE OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 233
- INDEX 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- 1. PRELUDE:THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING ANTIMATTER 1
- 2. CONSTANT PHYSICS IN AN EVOLVING UNIVERSE 7
- 3. AS THE UNIVERSE EXPANDS 21
- 4. WHAT IS ANTIMATTER? 36
- 5. ENTER NEUTRINOS 51
- 6. MESONS 57
- 7. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS 63
- 8. THROUGH THE LOOKING ANTIGLASS 73
- 9. THE SURVIVAL OF MATTER 80
- 10. ENTER QUARKS 91
- 11. ENERGY RULES 111
- 12. SYMMETRY RULES 121
- 13. STANDARD MODEL GAUGE SYMMETRIES 132
- 14. A MISSING PIECE 140
- 15. IT STILL DOESN’T WORK! 159
- 16. TOOLS OF THE TRADE 168
- 17. SEARCHING FOR CLUES 180
- 18. SPECULATIONS 194
- 19. NEUTRINO SURPRISES 206
- 20. FOLLOWING THE NEW CLUES 222
- 21. FINALE 231
- APPENDIX: A TIMELINE OF PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY 233
- INDEX 273