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Same mass, opposite charge, and a lethal allergy to meeting its twin.
means A subatomic particle that mirrors a given particle in mass but is opposite in charge (and other quantum properties), and which annihilates into energy on contact with it.
from Built from the Greek-derived prefix 'anti-' meaning 'against' or 'opposite,' plus 'particle' (from Latin 'particula,' a 'small part'). The word entered physics in the early 20th century once theory predicted — and experiment then confirmed — that every particle has a mirror-image counterpart; the positron, antimatter partner to the electron, was the first one caught in the act.
- meet & die
- collides with its particle, both annihilate into pure energy
- first predicted
- dirac's equation demanded it exist, math before evidence
- missing cousin
- universe mysteriously kept matter, ditched almost all antimatter
- you contain some
- bananas emit positrons from potassium decay occasionally