Feb 28, 2020
Scientists at the University of Sussex have measured a property of the neutron—a fundamental particle in the universe—more precisely than ever before. Their research is part of an investigation into why there is matter left over in the universe, that is, why all the antimatter created in the Big Bang didn't just cancel out the matter.
y’all know i love EDM (electronic dance music) but did y’also know i love the EDM (electric dipole moment)... i googled one (1) thing to try and elucidate whatever the fuck is going on here and immediately i’m reading a paper called
like yaaaaaas go offff dj turn the music up losing my mind on the dancefloor trying to figure out what the hell a sphaleron is
#okay so you know how electrons can quantum tunnel out of their shells?#now imagine all of physics like as a structure... doing that#at electroweak symmetry energies apparently baryons and antileptons can... flip#switch places#idk#so the theory goes in the early universe the shape of physics was flip flopping around like a wibbly wobbly pringle#and eventually it settled on 'more matter than antimatter'#terrifying#i love this song
