Sunday, 5 October 2014

Matter=Anti-matter ?

credit:azdani Lab, Princeton University
As we all know the matter and anti-matter are totally opposites to each other,as they have protons and anti-protons,which will attack each other when they are placed close.But the scientists have successfully imaged the Majorana particle which is matter and anti-matter at the same time.They created it by placing a string of iron atoms on top of a lead superconductor, forming pairs of electrons and antielectrons -- except for one lone electron at the end of the chain, which exhibited properties of both.

Though more testing is required to confirm its existence.Also it cant exist out of super-conductor.Many physicists believe that neutrinos are really Majorana particles, and proving that this is possible would go a long way toward supporting their theory.


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