Antimatter Vocab
Across
- 3. A process where a particle and its corresponding antiparticle collide and destroy each other, releasing a large amount of energy
- 7. The mysterious dominance of matter over antimatter in our universe, which is the subject to study in particle physics
- 8. The simplest antimatter atom, consisting of one antiproton and one positron
- 9. The antiparticle of the election, which has a positive charge
- 10. The antimatter counterpart to a neutron, which has a reversed magnetic polarity
Down
- 1. Any physical substance that possesses mass and occupies space (has volume)
- 2. A fundamental property of matter that causes it to experience a force when near other charged matter
- 4. The antimatter counterpart to a proton
- 5. A fundamental rule in physics stating that if you reverse all three properties of a physical system simultaneously the laws of physics behave exactly the same way
- 6. The creation of a particle and its antiparticle counterpart from high-energy radiation
- 7. A subatomic particle with the same mass as a corresponding matter particle but opposite properties