Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Modelling antiparticles, antileptons, and antimatter Source Wikipedia Copyright information Text from Wikipedia and Wiktionary web pages quoted for educational purposes is subject to the Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike Licence Snippet kind INFO Previous snippet Full quote In particle physics, every type of particle is associated with [an] antiparticle with the same mass but with opposite physical charges (such as electric charge). URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparticle Next snippet For example, the antiparticle of the electron is the antielectron (which is often referred to as positron). Related snippets Related snippets (backlinks) For example, the antiparticle of the electron is the antielectron (which is often referred to as positron). While the electron has a negative electric charge, the positron has a positive electric charge, and is produced naturally in certain types of radioactive decay. The opposite is also true: the antiparticle of the positron is the electron. In modern physics, antimatter is defined as matter which is composed of the antiparticles (or "partners") of the corresponding particles of 'ordinary' matter. In theory, a particle and its anti-particle (for example, a proton and an antiproton) have the same mass, but opposite electric charge and other differences in quantum numbers. For example, a proton has positive charge while an antiproton has negative ... Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags
