The story of antimatter : matter's vanished twin / Guennadi Borissov, Lancaster University, UK.
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TextPublisher: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., [2018]Description: xi, 294 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789813228757
- QC 173.3 .B644 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The matter of antimatter -- Big expansion of the universe -- Microworld of particles -- Electromagnetic interaction -- Creation and destruction of matter -- Mystery of disappeared antimatter -- Baryogenesis -- From quarks to atoms -- Decays of quarks and leptons -- Symmetry and particles -- Discovery of CP violation -- Sakharov's conditions -- Baryons and photons -- Searches for baryon number violation -- CP violation -- Departure from thermal equilibrium -- Searches for new physics -- Neutrinos -- Cosmic drama in three acts -- Never-ending story.
"This book tells the story of all the achievements in solving the problem of the missing antiparticles. It is written by Prof. Guennadi Borissov, an international expert in this subject. Reading this book does not require any specialist knowledge of physics. All phenomena observed in the microworld of particles are explained in simple terms using well-known examples from ordinary life. Starting by describing and discussing the main properties of particles and antiparticles, the book details the important stages in the research that have brought scientists closer to solving one of the greatest enigmas of nature"--
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