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Originally Posted by CraigS
Hmmm …
Symmetry may have already been violated, resulting in insufficient anti-matter ?
(Just playin' around here … lets not get too serious ..)
Gotta go … back soon.
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There are two types of symmetry Craig, continuous and discrete.
Continuous symmetries determine the type of interaction between particles hence the type of particles that exist. Continuous symmetries should tell us there should be an equal ratio of matter to anti matter which clearly is not the case.
Discrete symmetries relate to particular properties of the wavefunction of a particle under certain transformations.
CPT is an example of a discrete symmetry.
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Steven