----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:35 AM Subject: Re: Mirror particles form new matter
> David said: > >> What? They can't even call them "anti-matter"? >> Now they're "mirror particles"? The level of >> science writing seems to be constantly sinking. : ( > > When I read the headline I got quite excited as "mirror matter" > means > something quite different to "antimatter": > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_matter > OK, so I did a minimal search on "mirror matter" and there are lots of links, mostly for academic papers and news articles that explain very little. So.....we know what happens when you combine matter with anti-matter. I expect you get practically the same result when you mix mirror matter with mirror anti-matter. So if you mix normal matter with mirror anti-matter would the result be: a: Nothing because they are mutually weakly interacting? or b: a similar reaction to matter/anti-matter mixing only with a different particle emission? or c: other? xponent Beyond My Scope Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
