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Grade 12Modern Physics

What happens when anti-particles collide?and what is the effect of a positron in the beta(plus) decay in radioactivity.

Profile image of Ayushman mookherjee
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Vikas TU
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer9 Years ago
Dear Student,
May be you are talking about what happens when a particle and its antiparticle collide. Annihilation takes place when the collide.
Two anti-particles however can interact with each other.
The positron is emitted along with a neutrino. The energy is conserved by the emission of a positron.
 
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Profile image of Ayushman mookherjee
9 Years ago
thank u for the answer sir, I wanted to know what the effect of two interacting antiparticles or the effect of their collisions would be....would it be like the same poles of a magnet where repulsion takes place and a tremendous amount of energy is released?