College Physics
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Chapter 33, Problem 5CQ
Large quanti?es of antimatter isolated from normal matter should behave exactly like normal matter. An antiatom for example, composed of positrons. antiprotons, and antineutrons should have the same atomic spectrum as its matter counterpart. Would you be able to tell it is antimatter by its emission of antiphotons? Explain briefly.
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