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Theoretical and Natural Science
Vol. 18, 08 December 2023
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Review of antimatter
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Abstract
The theory of antimatter was proposed long ago and thought of as made up of antiparticles. Antimatter was believed to exist based on the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, which are thought to be two fundamental concepts in modern physics. However, it turned out that scientists had great difficulty in finding antimatter. This has led to a discussion about what dark matter is made of and how it exists. Depending on the context of algebraic quantum field theory, antimatter does not consist of antiparticles, which means that antiparticles are particles that consist of antimatter. The notion of antimatter will be explained through the quantum field theory (QFT) theory. How we define the antimatter depends on our criteria in the physical state space. Recent research in AQFT（Advanced Quantum Field Theory) shows that all different quantum states possess antimatter counterparts, which has greatly expanded the field of antimatter research. Then several possible explanations for the distribution of antimatter and their theoretical foundation will be discussed. After exploration and observation across nearly one century, scientists still cannot get a reasonably clear picture of the distribution of antimatter. Why antimatter appeared and disappeared is still unknown, and attempts to find antimatter that exists in nature are going on. Scientists have had some good success when focused on the center of black holes and supermassive objects in space. There have been a lot of observations of antimatter in progress since decades of years ago.
Keywords
Antimatter, QFT, Universe, Observation
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-201-5
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-202-2
- Published Date
- 08 December 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/18/20230306
- Copyright
- 08 December 2023
- Open Access
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