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September 10, 1999
Talk of the Nation
Requires the RealAudio Player
HOST: Ira Flatow
http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=09/10/1999&PrgID=5
HOUR TWO: ANTIMATTER
The laws of physics say that antimatter should be exactly equal, but
completely opposite, to the stuff we're made of: matter. Yet according to
those same laws, that antimatter would have prevented the universe from
existing at all. This hour, we'll delve into this cosmic Catch-22. What's
the matter with antimatter? And why are we here?
Guests:
James Cronin
Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate
Departments of Physics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics
Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Michael Turner
Chairman, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Professor, Enrico Fermi Institute
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Jonathan Dorfan
Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Gerald Gabrielse
Professor, Physics
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts