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Evidence For Antimatter Anomaly Mounts
sciencehabit writes "The big bang created a lot of matter—along with the same amount of antimatter, which wiped out everything and brought the universe to an untimely end. That's what accepted theoretical physics tell us—though things clearly didn't work out that way. Now, results from a U.S. particle smasher are providing new evidence for a subtle difference in the properties of matter and antimatter that may explain how the early universe survived."
I rather think J B Cabell preceded MiB. Refer to "The Silver Stallion", if you can find a copy.
From scarped cliff or quarried stone she cries "A thousand types are gone, I care for nothing, no not one."
Our universe is just another marble in someone's bag. *sigh*
Galaxy. It's another galaxy in someone's bag.
Lo and behold, for I am a sig!
The research is certainly interesting and important (at least to physicists), but it demonstrates CP violation only in certain relatively rare particles, the neutral D mesons. CP violation has been known to exist for a while (in K and B mesons), so that really is not that ground breaking. On the other hand, as far as I know, these effects are far too small to account for the matter/antimatter imbalance in the universe and additional mechanisms are required.
That's what accepted theoretical physics tell us
Your knowledge is approximately 20 years old.
Yours sincerely,
Nal Lerpil,
Accepted Theoretical Physicist
On second thought, let's not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.