My Theory of Anti-Matter

[Australian rePublic]

So anyone who knows anything about physics knows there's a disparity between the amount of matter and the amount of anti-matter. That's pretty much where my knowledge of physics ends, so I am most certainly not qualified to discuss further, but that ain't gonna stop me.

So, the disparity between the amounts of matter and anti-matter allows to exists. But here's my theory. What if there is no disapirity at all. What if only the matter and the anti-matter that were close to eachother at the big bang were annalated? What if the matter and anti-matter at the very edges managed to move in opposite directions, forming their own galaxies, with what is perhaps a great chasm between them? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

[Bombadil]

So anyone who knows anything about physics knows there's a disparity between the amount of matter and the amount of anti-matter. That's pretty much where my knowledge of physics ends, so I am most certainly not qualified to discuss further, but that ain't gonna stop me.

So, the disparity between the amounts of matter and anti-matter allows to exists. But here's my theory. What if there is no disapirity at all. What if only the matter and the anti-matter that were close to eachother at the big bang were annalated? What if the matter and anti-matter at the very edges managed to move in opposite directions, forming their own galaxies, with what is perhaps a great chasm between them? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

Something something speed of light..

Still, I believe there is a theory that there must be an equal and opposite universe to ours formed from the big bang, so you might conclude it's mostly composed of anti-matter, with a small amount of matter.

[Nagatar Karumuttu Chettiar]

EDIT: I've actually considered that possibility myself, but CERN gives a pretty solid explanation of why that likely isn't the case based on empirical evidence and modelling.

Then again, it is still possible.

[Jabberwocky]

First, I would like to see an example of anti-matter.

[Neanderthaland]

Find a way to test this hypothesis. Until then it's not a theory.

EDIT: Also, just so you know, the very first paragraph on antimatter asymmetry on Wikipedia addresses this:
"Most matter observable from the Earth seems to be made of matter rather than antimatter. If antimatter-dominated regions of space existed, the gamma rays produced in annihilation reactions along the boundary between matter and antimatter regions would be detectable.[24]"

[Bombadil]

Find a way to test this hypothesis. Until then it's not a theory.

In terms of the mirror universe of anti-matter, here's one..

The first experiment profiled by New Scientist comes courtesy of physicist Leah Broussard and her team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. They have devised a simple method for detecting a mirror universe.

An apparatus will fire a beam of neutrons at a wall with varying magnetic fields on both sides. These neutrons can't penetrate the wall, yet the researchers have placed a device behind it that will scan the area for these very subatomic particles.

Why? If any neutrons manage to appear behind the wall, it will be strong evidence that they oscillated into mirror neutrons, skipped right on pass the wall because it existed in a different part of the universe, and then oscillated back in time to hit the detection device.

"Only the [neutrons] that can oscillate and then come back into our universe can be detected," Broussard told New Scientist. "When passing through a magnetic field, the oscillation probability increases."

Broussard and her team are looking at neutrons because of a quirk in their decay.

Inside a nucleus, neutrons are perfectly stable, but outside, they decay into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino of the electron type. Here's the quirk: all free neutrons should decay at the same rate, but that rate changes depending on how scientists measure it.

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I mean.. it's not exactly the same as AR's idea, but it is a genuinely contended idea around the disparity with matter and a host of other issues with the universe.

[Heloin]

The space between galaxies isn’t empty, if there were large regions of space made of anti matter then they’d be very noticeable as their edges annihilate with the rest of the universe.

[Dummie]

And you want to convince me that farts have nothing to do with anti-matter..?! Sorry, but I simply can't accept that..!

[Senkaku]

idk bro what if the reason ice skates work is because water molecules just love watching hockey and figure skating? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

[Heloin]

idk bro what if the reason ice skates work is because water molecules just love watching hockey and figure skating? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

Seems legit.

[Unstoppable Empire of Doom]

....they are already researching this....

[Senkaku]

idk bro what if the reason ice skates work is because water molecules just love watching hockey and figure skating? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

Seems legit.

Should I make a whole thread about it? Where I also heavily note that my understanding of the subject is absolutely nothing more than surface deep and I'm just some guy with thoughts about a fact I once heard or read? Or would this maybe be more of an r/showerthoughts post

[Stellar Colonies]

The early universe was an incredibly tiny and dense soup of stuff.

So dense that if there were an equal amount of matter and antimatter, they would have quickly annihilated each other and left behind a universe with merely radiation, since it was all close together.

So there was likely a tiny bit more matter that was left behind as a mere trace of what existed before most of it was converted into energy, with that trace forming the observable universe we see today.

[Neanderthaland]

Seems legit.

Should I make a whole thread about it? Where I also heavily note that my understanding of the subject is absolutely nothing more than surface deep and I'm just some guy with thoughts about a fact I once heard or read? Or would this maybe be more of an r/showerthoughts post

"Why are they called Peanuts..? they don't taste anything like peas."

[Page]

I suppose it might be possible. Or not. I don't know a whole lot about physics.

Even if we can account for dark matter, we still have dark energy to contend with. There is a force that is pulling the universe apart with more strength than gravity to bring it together.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

So anyone who knows anything about physics knows there's a disparity between the amount of matter and the amount of anti-matter. That's pretty much where my knowledge of physics ends, so I am most certainly not qualified to discuss further, but that ain't gonna stop me.

So, the disparity between the amounts of matter and anti-matter allows to exists. But here's my theory. What if there is no disapirity at all. What if only the matter and the anti-matter that were close to eachother at the big bang were annalated? What if the matter and anti-matter at the very edges managed to move in opposite directions, forming their own galaxies, with what is perhaps a great chasm between them? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

There is some matter in the space between galaxies. Not much, but enough that if some galaxies were anti-matter there would be a warzone between the anti-matter and the matter galaxies.

No such warzone exists, if it did the result would be gamma rays which we can pinpoint quite well now.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

The space between galaxies isn’t empty, if there were large regions of space made of anti matter then they’d be very noticeable as their edges annihilate with the rest of the universe.

In well before me. But hopefully my longer explanation of the same thing will help the OP.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

First, I would like to see an example of anti-matter.

Apparently bananas emit anti-matter.

Seriously. Pottasium-40 which is in bananas along with regular pottasium, decays emitting a positron. That's anti-matter.

[Heloin]

First, I would like to see an example of anti-matter.

Apparently bananas emit anti-matter.

Seriously. Pottasium-40 which is in bananas along with regular pottasium, decays emitting a positron. That's anti-matter.

The Enterprise-D is powered by bananas.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Apparently bananas emit anti-matter.

Seriously. Pottasium-40 which is in bananas along with regular pottasium, decays emitting a positron. That's anti-matter.

The Enterprise-D is powered by bananas.

That would explain the shape of the ship I guess.

[Dumb Ideologies]

I dunno man. What if all that so-called dark matter is, like, all the bits of ourselves we repress because of the arbitrary constraints of modern civilisation?

[Albrenia]

According to some research done in 2017, lightning strikes sometimes launch anti-matter out. I'm not sure how that's possible, or if it is even true.

[Juristonia]

What if the real dark matter was the friends we made along the way?

[Grenartia]

So anyone who knows anything about physics knows there's a disparity between the amount of matter and the amount of anti-matter. That's pretty much where my knowledge of physics ends, so I am most certainly not qualified to discuss further, but that ain't gonna stop me.

So, the disparity between the amounts of matter and anti-matter allows to exists. But here's my theory. What if there is no disapirity at all. What if only the matter and the anti-matter that were close to eachother at the big bang were annalated? What if the matter and anti-matter at the very edges managed to move in opposite directions, forming their own galaxies, with what is perhaps a great chasm between them? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

Highly unlikely, since the opposing charges would mean matter and antimatter would be attracted to each other, and then subsequently collide and annihilate.

First, I would like to see an example of anti-matter.

Ever had a PET scan? Literally impossible without antimatter existing.

Find a way to test this hypothesis. Until then it's not a theory.

In terms of the mirror universe of anti-matter, here's one..

The first experiment profiled by New Scientist comes courtesy of physicist Leah Broussard and her team at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. They have devised a simple method for detecting a mirror universe.

An apparatus will fire a beam of neutrons at a wall with varying magnetic fields on both sides. These neutrons can't penetrate the wall, yet the researchers have placed a device behind it that will scan the area for these very subatomic particles.

Why? If any neutrons manage to appear behind the wall, it will be strong evidence that they oscillated into mirror neutrons, skipped right on pass the wall because it existed in a different part of the universe, and then oscillated back in time to hit the detection device.

"Only the [neutrons] that can oscillate and then come back into our universe can be detected," Broussard told New Scientist. "When passing through a magnetic field, the oscillation probability increases."

Broussard and her team are looking at neutrons because of a quirk in their decay.

Inside a nucleus, neutrons are perfectly stable, but outside, they decay into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino of the electron type. Here's the quirk: all free neutrons should decay at the same rate, but that rate changes depending on how scientists measure it.

Link

I mean.. it's not exactly the same as AR's idea, but it is a genuinely contended idea around the disparity with matter and a host of other issues with the universe.

Intriguing, though I'm skeptical they'll see anything other than a null result.

....they are already researching this....

The 'totally uneducated-in-science person independently thinks of a hypothesis that actual scientists are testing or want to test' phenomenon is an interesting corollary to the '1000 monkeys with typewriters churning out the complete works of Shakespeare' conjecture.

Should I make a whole thread about it? Where I also heavily note that my understanding of the subject is absolutely nothing more than surface deep and I'm just some guy with thoughts about a fact I once heard or read? Or would this maybe be more of an r/showerthoughts post

"Why are they called Peanuts..? they don't taste anything like peas."

Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

So anyone who knows anything about physics knows there's a disparity between the amount of matter and the amount of anti-matter. That's pretty much where my knowledge of physics ends, so I am most certainly not qualified to discuss further, but that ain't gonna stop me.

So, the disparity between the amounts of matter and anti-matter allows to exists. But here's my theory. What if there is no disapirity at all. What if only the matter and the anti-matter that were close to eachother at the big bang were annalated? What if the matter and anti-matter at the very edges managed to move in opposite directions, forming their own galaxies, with what is perhaps a great chasm between them? Here's my theory, what do you guys make of that?

Highly unlikely, since the opposing charges would mean matter and antimatter would be attracted to each other, and then subsequently collide and annihilate.

Though antimatter presumably forms (electrically neutral) atoms ... anti-atoms. They would not attract atoms electrically.
Gravitational attraction should be the same, no more and no less dominant than for regular matter
Weak and strong forces only apply at close distance

It does make me wonder though, if anti-matter was somehow more prone to gravitational collapse?