03160nam 22006974a 450 991078107300332120230727013818.01-282-53167-097866125316751-4008-3571-210.1515/9781400835713(CKB)2550000000007408(EBL)485768(OCoLC)609856400(SSID)ssj0000363472(PQKBManifestationID)11267957(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363472(PQKBWorkID)10387642(PQKB)10110133(DE-B1597)446785(OCoLC)979749455(DE-B1597)9781400835713(Au-PeEL)EBL485768(CaPaEBR)ebr10367279(CaONFJC)MIL253167(MiAaPQ)EBC485768(PPN)182192814(EXLCZ)99255000000000740820070802d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe mystery of the missing antimatter[electronic resource] /Helen R. Quinn and Yossi Nir ; illustrations by Ruru ModanCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. ;Woodstock, Oxfordshire [England] Princeton University Pressc20081 online resource (293 p.)Science essentialsIncludes index.0-691-16393-6 0-691-13309-3 Constant physics in an evolving universe -- As the universe expands -- What is antimatter? -- Enter neutrinos -- Mesons -- Through the looking glass -- Through the looking antiglass -- The survival of matter -- Enter quarks -- Energy rules -- Symmetry rules -- Standard model gauge symmetries -- A missing piece -- It still doesn't work! -- Tools of the trade -- Searching for clues -- Speculations -- Neutrino surprises -- Following the new clue.In the first fractions of a second after the Big Bang lingers a question at the heart of our very existence: why does the universe contain matter but almost no antimatter? The laws of physics tell us that equal amounts of matter and antimatter were produced in the early universe-but then something odd happened. Matter won out over antimatter; had it not, the universe today would be dark and barren.But how and when did this occur? In The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter, Helen Quinn and Yossi Nir guide readers into the very heart of this mystery-and along the way offer an exhilarating grand tour of cutting-edge physics.Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.))AntimatterPopular worksParticles (Nuclear physics)Popular worksCosmologyPopular worksAntimatterParticles (Nuclear physics)Cosmology530Quinn Helen R1509093Nir Yosef1954-1509094MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781073003321The mystery of the missing antimatter3740696UNINA