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The mystery of the missing antimatter / Helen R. Quinn and Yossi Nir ; illustrations by Ruru Modan.

By: Quinn, Helen R.
Contributor(s): Nir, Yossi.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)): Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �2008Description: 1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400835713; 1400835712.Other title: Missing antimatter.Subject(s): Antimatter -- Popular works | Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Popular works | Cosmology -- Popular works | Particles (Nuclear physics) | Antimati�ere -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation | Particules (Physique nucl�eaire) -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation | Cosmologie -- Ouvrages de vulgarisation | SCIENCE -- Physics -- General | SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General | SCIENCE -- Energy | Antimatter | Cosmology | Particles (Nuclear physics) | Antimati�ere | Prions (virologie)Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. | Popular works.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mystery of the missing antimatter.DDC classification: 530 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Constant physics in an evolving universe -- As the universe expands -- What is antimatter? -- Enter neutrinos -- Mesons -- Through the looking glass -- Through the looking antiglass -- The survival of matter -- Enter quarks -- Energy rules -- Symmetry rules -- Standard model gauge symmetries -- A missing piece -- It still doesn't work! -- Tools of the trade -- Searching for clues -- Speculations -- Neutrino surprises -- Following the new clue.
Review: "Helen Quinn and Yossi Nir explain both the history of antimatter and recent advances in particle physics and cosmology. And they discuss the enormous, high-precision experiments that particle physicists are undertaking to test the laws of physics at their most fundamental levels - and how their results reveal tantalizing new possibilities for solving this puzzle at the heart of the cosmos." "The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter is at once a history of ideas and an exploration of modern science and the frontiers of human knowledge. This book reveals how the interplay of theory and experimentation advances our understanding and redefines the questions we ask about our universe."--Jacket.
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"Helen Quinn and Yossi Nir explain both the history of antimatter and recent advances in particle physics and cosmology. And they discuss the enormous, high-precision experiments that particle physicists are undertaking to test the laws of physics at their most fundamental levels - and how their results reveal tantalizing new possibilities for solving this puzzle at the heart of the cosmos." "The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter is at once a history of ideas and an exploration of modern science and the frontiers of human knowledge. This book reveals how the interplay of theory and experimentation advances our understanding and redefines the questions we ask about our universe."--Jacket.

Constant physics in an evolving universe -- As the universe expands -- What is antimatter? -- Enter neutrinos -- Mesons -- Through the looking glass -- Through the looking antiglass -- The survival of matter -- Enter quarks -- Energy rules -- Symmetry rules -- Standard model gauge symmetries -- A missing piece -- It still doesn't work! -- Tools of the trade -- Searching for clues -- Speculations -- Neutrino surprises -- Following the new clue.

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