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Matter
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The term matter defines all observable physical
entities whatsoever, but commonly applies to
fermionic particles that can be organized into stable structures. Matter obeys the Pauli Exclusion
Principle and therefore two pieces of matter cannot occupy the same location
at the same time. Matter is composed of particles that have the opposite
electrical charges, quantum numbers and baryon numbers of antimatter. For
example, an atom of hydrogen is composed of positively charged
protons orbited by negatively charged
electrons. If a matter particle and it's
antiparticle come into contact with each other, the two are annihilated in a
tremendous release of energy. Common particles of matter are
protons, electrons, and
neutrons.
When matter and antimatter come into contact and mutually annihilate each
other, they release the maximum amount of energy that the constituent
particles could produce. Matter/antimatter reactions release massive amounts
of radiant energy in comparison to the energies extracted by simple chemical or even
nuclear reactions. |
For
additional discussion of the topic of antimatter, please refer
to the
antimatter thread in the
What Is...? Forum.
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question, please refer to the
What Is...? Forum, or send an
e-mail to
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Information altered from the
SLAC Virtual Visitor
Center and Wikipedia.
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