In reply to JonesBeene's message of Fri, 5 Apr 2019 06:50:07 -0700: Hi Jones,
You may be right. I was thinking in terms of conservation of energy, but upon further consideration, I am forced to admit, that it might be possible with the addition of zero energy. When a proton and an anti-proton annihilate one another, the energy released is equal to the mass-energy of both particles, which should be the same as that of two protons, so there shouldn't be any energy required to flip a proton to an anti-proton. It just violates conservation of charge, unless one can simultaneously flip the charge of an electron, which would be the equivalent of getting a proton and an electron to swap charges. > >Hi Robin > >> In order to flip the charge, you probably need to add the difference in >> energy, >i.e. 2 proton masses worth, or about 2 GeV. >[snip] > >It is very doubtful that the entire mass-energy of a proton is to be found in >charge alone which is the implication of what you are saying. > >For instance, a neutron with no charge has about the same mass-energy as a >charged proton. I suspect the energy needed to conjugate charge in the proton >is about the same as the difference in mass between the neutron and proton. >Far less. > >Jones Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
