ANTIMATTER IN THE UNIVERSE: WHY AREN’T WE MADE OF ANTIMATTER?
Abstract
According to the Big Bang theory, matter and antimatter must have been created in equal amounts during the earliest moments of the universe. However, the observable universe today consists almost entirely of ordinary matter, while traces of antimatter are extremely rare. This article explores the physical nature of antimatter, scientific perspectives on its presence in the universe, and modern hypotheses regarding the causes of matter-antimatter asymmetry.
Keywords
antimatter, Big Bang, asymmetry, CP violation, matter, annihilation, universe
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