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Does antimatter weigh more than matter?

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DrPizza said:
I dunno. Think about electromagnetic forces - sometimes attractive, sometimes repulsive. Are there two types of photons carrying those forces?
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Nope. Not two types of photons. Same photon. I'll give you a hint, it involves the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. I'm surprised you of all people on this board don't already know, juggalo.

Ok that hint probably isn't enough, I'll give you another hint, direction. What's your vector victor?
 
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disappoint said:
What about for the antineutron? Are the electric charges opposite for that too? Because as every schoolboy knows the neutron has no charge.
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Yes, the charge for the antineutron is opposite that of a neutron. Neutrons are made up of 3 quarks (one up, two down) that sum charge equals zero. The antinuetron is made up of antiquarks which while they still cancel out to a zero charge they individually have opposite charges, so that when the antineutron decays it releases an antielectron, a antiproton, and an electron neutrino.
 
disappoint said:
Nope. Not two types of photons. Same photon. I'll give you a hint, it involves the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. I'm surprised you of all people on this board don't already know, juggalo.

Ok that hint probably isn't enough, I'll give you another hint, direction. What's your vector victor?
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Dr pizza's answer is an analogy for why there's probably only 1 graviton between matter and anti-matter. He knows it's 1 photon :|
 
TecHNooB said:
Dr pizza's answer is an analogy for why there's probably only 1 graviton between matter and anti-matter. He knows it's 1 photon :|
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Analogy? What kind of particle is that? Does it have spin? This is a no spin zone. *makes Bill O'Rielly face*

You want the answers you seek? Don't bullshit me son.
 
disappoint said:
Nope. Not two types of photons. Same photon. I'll give you a hint, it involves the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. I'm surprised you of all people on this board don't already know, juggalo.

Ok that hint probably isn't enough, I'll give you another hint, direction. What's your vector victor?
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Did you read what I was responding to - the suggestion that there would necessarily need to be two types of force carrier particles for gravitational force; a sort of up graviton and down graviton. I don't think that would be necessary, hence the point you missed about virtual photons.

And, one of my most favorite clips on youtube to use in class (like 40 times a year) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A05n32Bl0aY
 
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