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- From: sichase@csa3.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Why do protons outnumber antiprotons?
- Date: 2 Sep 92 19:46:41 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- References: <1992Sep01.152644.18241@CS.ORST.EDU> <12950074@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM>
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- In article <12950074@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM>, ric@hpspdla.spd.HP.COM (Ric Peregrino) writes...
- >
- >The way I understand our current understanding of say electrons and
- >positrons is that an empty universe is actually a universe completely
- >filled with electrons below zero energy minus the energy of an
- >electron. If you add at least twice the electrons energy, one electron
- >can pop up to zero plus the energy of an electron and leave a hole
- >behind. That hole is a positron. So for every electron there exists
- >a positron.
-
- This interpretation is about 50 years out of date. Consider a simple
- process, beta decay: n -> p + e + nu. How does your picture account
- for the production of an electron without leaving a positron around somewhere?
-
- -Scott
- --------------------
- Scott I. Chase "The question seems to be of such a character
- SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV that if I should come to life after my death
- and some mathematician were to tell me that it
- had been definitely settled, I think I would
- immediately drop dead again." - Vandiver
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