Lapho nje ilukuluku lethu lisiholela ekuzameni ukuqonda futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ukuqonda wonke lawomaphepha esayensi asidonsela ukunaka, siqala ukufunda ngemiqondo eguqukayo efana ne-antiparticles, i-antimatter ... ngokwengeziwe noma kancane, iqiniso ukuthi asiyazi ngokuphelele incazelo yayo.
Namuhla yisikhathi sokwazi yonke le migomo kangcono kancane. Impela uma othile esikisela ukuthi udwebe ukuthi i-antimatter injani, unikeza umbala, ukubheja kwakho kungaba ukudweba uhlobo oluthile lwamachashazi amnyama, okuthile okunengqondo ngakolunye uhlangothi, ikakhulu uma sibheka ukungazi kwethu kokuqala ngalolu hlobo lwensimu. Manje futhi ngiyabonga CERN, lo Inhlangano yaseYurophu Yezocwaningo Lwezenuzi, sazi kahle umbala walolu daba.
Yini leyo antimatter, antihydrogen, namanye amagama?
Ukuqonda umqondo we-antimatter kangcono ngingathanda ukukunikeza isibonelo esilula kakhulu engithemba ukuthi kulula ukusiqonda. Ngokuyinhloko emvelweni kunezinto ezahlukahlukene ezinjengezinhlayiyana ze-hydrogen noma i-electron. Zonke lezi zinto zemvelo, zinehlobo lamawele, i-antiparticle enegesi ephambene. Esimweni esithile se-electron, i-antiparticle yayo ingaba i-antielectron noma i-positron ngenkathi, endabeni ye-hydrogen, i-antiparticle yayo ingaba i-antihydrogen.
Uma siqhubekela phambili, sithola ukuthi lapho ama-antiparticles amaningi ehlangana enza lokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-antimatter. Okwamanje ngithanda ukukutshela ukuthi, ngaphandle kwaleli gama, iqiniso ukuthi asikhulumi ngokunye ngaphandle kwendaba, ngaphandle kokuthi i-antimatter inecala eliphikisana nalokho esikwaziyo. Okuyiqiniso ukuthi, Uma i-particle of matter kanye ne-antimatter ihlangana, ngokuvamile futhi ngokusho kwe-physics, ziyabhubhana futhi zibe ama-photon aphezulu.
Iqembu le-ALPHA eCERN lithunywe ukuthi liveze umbala we-antimatter
Ukungena emininingwaneni ethe xaxa, njengoba kudalulwe ngombhalo osemthethweni, kube yi CERN ALPHA ithimba, okumanje isebenza kuphrojekthi abazinikele kuyo ukudala i-antimatter, ikakhulukazi i-antihydrogen antiparticles ukuthola imikhawulo ye-physics, ephumelele ukuveza ngokunemba okukhulu umbala we-antimatter.
Ngokuqondile futhi ekuhlolweni kwabo kwakamuva abazuzile linganisa umbala we-antimatter ngokunemba kwezindawo eziyi-12 zamadesimali. Njengoba labo ababhekele iqembu bembulile, iqiniso ukuthi lokhu kuhlolwa kubekwe njengempumelelo yize ososayensi, ngokusobala, bethi badumele ngoba abakutholanga abebekufuna ngempela.
Bakwazile kanjani ukukala umbala we-antimatter eCERN?
Ukwenza lokhu kuhlolwa, njengoba kubikwe ngokusemthethweni, ithimba le-CERN ALPHA linalo yakha i-antihydrogen ngokuxuba ama-positron nama-antiproton atholakala ne-Antiproton Decelerator banayo phakathi nendawo. Uma lesi sinyathelo sesenziwe, iqembu seliphumelele gibe i-antihydrogen esicupheni sikazibuthe, uma sekuzinzile, a laser ugongolo ukukala umbala wayo ngokunemba okungakaze kufinyelelwe ngaphambili.
Ngokusobala futhi njengoba kushicilelwe yithimba ebeliphethe ukwenza lokhu kuhlolwa, umphumela wesilingo wawudumaza ngoba i-spectrum yombala etholakalayo iyafana neye-hydrogen. Kuleli qophelo, kufanele kuphawulwe ukuthi ososayensi babenethemba lokuthola ukuhluka okuncane okungawavumela ukuthi bagxile ezindleleni ezintsha zocwaningo ngenhloso yokuthola ukuthi kungani kunezinhlayiya zezinto eziningi endaweni yonke namuhla kune-antimatter.