Comets are natural sources of Antimatter
Announcement made at April 2002
joint meeting of the
American Physical Society and
American Astronomical Society.
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Comet orbiting Earth |
Picture of Halley's comet |
Comet's Characteristics |
Halley's Comet is blacker than coal; & Borrelly's Comet contains no traces of water ice or any water-bearing minerals.
The solar wind and dust particles blasts antimatter off the comet. Coma and tails get larger as comet gets closer to the sun; and the tails bends with the solar wind.- Comet's coma and tails are plasmas of matter and antimatter dust particles and ions.
- Observed gamma and x-rays from matter and antimatter annihilations taking place on surface, and in coma and tails.
Introduction
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Opportunities 6
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& Summary 12