The mystery of the missing antimatter / Helen R. Quinn and Yossi Nir ; illustrations by Ruru Modan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Helen R.

Contributor:

Nir, Yosef, 1954-

Series:

Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))

Science essentials

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antimatter--Popular works.

Antimatter.

Particles (Nuclear physics)--Popular works.

Particles (Nuclear physics).

Cosmology--Popular works.

Cosmology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Other Title:

Missing antimatter

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire [England] : Princeton University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang lingers a question at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter but almost no antimatter? The laws of physics tell us that equal amounts of matter and antimatter were produced in the early universe-but then something odd happened. Matter won out over antimatter; had it not, the universe today would be dark and barren.But how and when did this occur? In The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter, Helen Quinn and Yossi Nir guide readers into the very heart of this mystery-and along the way offer an exhilarating grand tour of cutting-edge physics.

Contents:

Constant physics in an evolving universe

As the universe expands

What is antimatter?

Enter neutrinos

Mesons

Through the looking glass

Through the looking antiglass

The survival of matter

Enter quarks

Energy rules

Symmetry rules

Standard model gauge symmetries

A missing piece

It still doesn't work!

Tools of the trade

Searching for clues

Speculations

Neutrino surprises

Following the new clue.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612531675

9781282531673

1282531670

9781400835713

1400835712

OCLC:

609856400