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Antimatter-Matter Mirror Shows Warp

A new measurement of decays of subatomic particles called kaons answers 35-year-old questions about behavior differences between matter and antimatter.

Further Readings:

Weiss, P. 1999. Decays may reflect matter-antimatter rift. Science News 155(Feb. 20):118.

Sources:

Edward C. Blucher
University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Institute
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1433

Val L. Fitch
Princeton University
Department of Physics
391 Jadwin Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544

Konrad Kleinknecht
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität
Institut für Physik
Staudinger Weg 7
D-55099 Mainz
Germany

Bruce Winstein
University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Institute
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637-1433

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 10, March 6, 1999, p. 148. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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