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[Profpat]

Hi JAK;

There is a lot of evidence that a there was annihilation at the beginning but was all anti-matter annihilated. Did an equal amount of anti-matter escape to a parallel universe?

As far as magnetic fields at the beginning, no one knows for sure. Here is an excerpt from an article in New Science Magazine ( January 2008 )

"One needs some initial, small magnetic field."
Some researchers have tried to explain the origin of this so-called "seed" field by invoking new physical mechanisms – such as the coupling of electromagnetic fields with exotic particles or gravity in the first instants after the big bang.
"There have been many models in this direction, most of which rely on new physics, and are therefore not convincing," comments George Field of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.
Hot soup

Now, researchers led by Kiyotomo Ichiki of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Tokyo have used standard physics to explain the seed field. They say the field began before the first atoms formed, when the universe was a hot soup of protons, electrons and photons – a state that lasted for the first 370,000 years after the big bang.
Photons exert a different pressure on electrons than protons and also scatter off electrons more often. The researchers found that the differences in the movements of electrons and protons generated a rotating electric current, which produced magnetic fields.

Best to all,

Pat

[Felix Schrodinger]

Why antimatter and matter go to different directions, why do they not inter mingles amongst themselves?

Hi Dippy

They are not 'directions' as the diagram is not representative of our three dimensional universe. It maybe that the 'direction' illustrated is a fourth spatial dimension? The drawing appart is separated by the singularity in which no matter exists so there is no intermingling.

The anthropomorphic principle (or whatever it is) postulates that, since we exist, something must have happened to allow real matter to form. Current thinking supposes that matter and antimatter were created in our universe in equal quantities but the antimatter has been destroyed leaving a (small) residue of matter for us to exist in and observe. My alternative postulates that matter and antimatter draw appart across a boundary (no I can't define it) which results in two parallel worlds. Any small residues of the wrong stuff will be anihilated immediately in contact with the right stuff.

I think that this is a likely scenario for the creation of each galaxy and the principle is similar to Lee Smolin's fish egg theory which has many such events taking place for us to experience a viable universe - but that's another story.

regards
Felix

[JAK]

Hi Dippy

They are not 'directions' as the diagram is not representative of our three dimensional universe. It maybe that the 'direction' illustrated is a fourth spatial dimension? The drawing appart is separated by the singularity in which no matter exists so there is no intermingling.

The anthropomorphic principle (or whatever it is) postulates that, since we exist, something must have happened to allow real matter to form. Current thinking supposes that matter and antimatter were created in our universe in equal quantities but the antimatter has been destroyed leaving a (small) residue of matter for us to exist in and observe. My alternative postulates that matter and antimatter draw appart across a boundary (no I can't define it) which results in two parallel worlds. Any small residues of the wrong stuff will be anihilated immediately in contact with the right stuff.

I think that this is a likely scenario for the creation of each galaxy and the principle is similar to Lee Smolin's fish egg theory which has many such events taking place for us to experience a viable universe - but that's another story.

As I recall, when a positron collides with an electron, their energy must be conserved. As a result, they create two photons in the collision. Thus, it would seem that photons would be present in both our world as well as one composed of antimatter.

Felix, though you indicated that you are not able to define a boundary between these worlds, it would seem that the boundary would allow photons to pass freely. If this is true, could some of the galaxies we observe in the heavens be "anti-galaxies"? Or does your boundary prevent our seeing them?

[Profpat]

Hi JAK;

I hope you don't mind me butting in here, but Dirac tried unsuccessfully to discover anti-matter in our universe. He gave up on his theory lacking any evidence. He never considered an anti-parallel universe, that I'm aware of however.

You are correct that two photons are created when a particle annihilates with an anti-particle. Since the photon has no charge it is it's own anti-particle. If the photons have enough energy they will create a particle and anti-particle.

Best to all,

Pat

[Felix Schrodinger]

As I recall, when a positron collides with an electron, their energy must be conserved. As a result, they create two photons in the collision. Thus, it would seem that photons would be present in both our world as well as one composed of antimatter.

Felix, though you indicated that you are not able to define a boundary between these worlds, it would seem that the boundary would allow photons to pass freely. If this is true, could some of the galaxies we observe in the heavens be "anti-galaxies"? Or does your boundary prevent our seeing them?

Hi Jak

Brilliant - possibly the missing link! I didn't think of that but it could make sense!

Felix

[Profpat]

Since we are on the subject of particles and anti-particles, I remember wave theory, of waves being amplified or cancelled( annihilated ). A wave vs an anti-wave if you will.



Two waves exactly in phase will interfere constructively ( amplify ) exactly out of phase they will interfere destructively ( Cancell )

[Profpat]

[Profpat]

A photon wave packet. With enough energy and its counterpart, it can interact to form a particle and anti-particle.

[Profpat]

[Profpat]

In the above pipe cleaner model, on the left you have the red circle inside the blue circle and the blue circle inside the green circle. In the circle on right you have you have the opposite configuration. It's my belief that every particle has a built in anti-particle and vice-versa, every anti-particle has built in it's own particle.