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I imagine "matter" as commonly understood would contain at least electrons and protons, but they would just be making electrons and positrons. Can we make proto
by ambrop7 11y ago
I imagine "matter" as commonly understood would contain at least electrons and protons, but they would just be making electrons and positrons. Can we make protons/neutrons out of light too?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positronium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positronium
- pythonlion 11y agocool but there are no quarks involved..(?)
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoWho says there has to be?
- tux3 11y agoWith a lifetime on the order of a microsecond at best, it would be an interesting challenge to build anything out of it. Assuming I understood Wikipedia correctly.
- KenoFischer 11y agoYes, in theory quarks and their anti-particles will be created just the same as electrons/positrons. However, a) it is a lot easier to detect electrons/positrons than it is to detect quarks and b) protons are significantly heavier, so you'd need quite a bit more energy. Really the best way to think about this is just a particle collider, but colliding photons instead of matter. You'll still get a whole sea of debris that you can sort through and find interesting physics, but just detecting electrons would be a good first step.