03161nam 22007094a 450 991082016380332120200520144314.01-282-53167-097866125316751-4008-3571-210.1515/9781400835713(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 /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.))Missing antimatterAntimatterPopular worksParticles (Nuclear physics)Popular worksCosmologyPopular worksAntimatterParticles (Nuclear physics)Cosmology530Quinn Helen R1663087Nir Yossi1756434MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820163803321The mystery of the missing antimatter4193711UNINA