Exotic atoms hold clues to unsolved physics puzzle at the dawn of the universe

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An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could explain why the Big Bang created more matter than antimatter—-a pivotal imbalance in the history of everything.

Exotic atoms hold clues to unsolved physics puzzle at the dawn of the universe
 

Zipperfish

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There's the anthropic argument: if the universe created the same amounts of matter and anti-matter, the whole thing would have annihilated itself and we wouldn't be here to talk about it.
 

Dexter Sinister

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True enough, but it doesn't really explain anything beyond the tautological "if things were different then things would be different." The Standard Model neither predicts nor explains the preponderance of matter over antimatter, it predicts the creation of both in equal amounts. Why that isn't so remains one of the big mysteries.
 

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True enough, but it doesn't really explain anything beyond the tautological "if things were different then things would be different." The Standard Model neither predicts nor explains the preponderance of matter over antimatter, it predicts the creation of both in equal amounts. Why that isn't so remains one of the big mysteries.
That is because reality (as we know it) is a holographic hallucination, a programed matrix or video game.
 

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What kind of matter isn't? Maybe my confusion is to try to be to literal.

There's the anthropic argument: if the universe created the same amounts of matter and anti-matter, the whole thing would have annihilated itself and we wouldn't be here to talk about it.

So can we assume that matter has all but exterminated anti matter by now?