Re: matter reacting with antimatter

On Jul 3, 10:37 am, "menk...@xxxxxxxxx" <menk...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi... i know what happens if electron runs into positron.

Precisely how do you know this? Think about the question a bit before
responding.
What would be the result, and how is this result of this bit of
theoretical prediction experimentally confirmed?

Have you ever read Millikan? Have you ever PERSONALLY measured the
charge on an electron using the "Oil Drop" experiment? Do you
understand even the argument of why positrons are believed to exist?

I'm not trying to trash your beliefs, but if an when you study physics
you are generally taught not simply "what" reactions take place, "how"
they function, and certainly "what" the experimental results are that
confirm the theoretical observations. Physics generally leaves the
"why" question up to theology.

Not trying to rain on your parade, but while "Real" physics involves
some conjecture, speculation, or hypotheis, but it is not an
experimental confirmation of a theory is accomplished, the theory
remains speculative. So, be aware of the vast gap that exists between
what one believes, and what one actually "knows".

Harry C.

p.s., Your belief in what happens when an electron impacts a positron
is based upon? Until you understand the experimental evidence for
this confirmation, the fact is that you youself really don't "know",
simply believe whatever you may have read. Then too, you may know how
result of the collision of a electron and a positron was
experimentally confirmed...because it is an extremely difficult
experiment to perform. See: "Electrons (+ and -)", Robert A Millikan,
University of Chicago Press, 1947. (It contains a number of "Cloud
Chamber" photographs that confirm that the positron exists, and has a
equivalent mass and opposite charge of to that of an electron.)














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