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What if Antimatter Existed?
Physics and Astronomy are areas of science that have interesting topics covered,
antimatter being one of those. Antimatter supports the theory of symmetry of nature, which
forms the basis of all of the physics theories. It is the conjugate of matter, just as anti-particles
are a conjugate of particles. Matter and anti-matter always occur in pairs, and their interaction
result into annihilation of mass along with the release of large amounts of energy. The energy is
discharged following the Einstein's mass-energy relation. Annihilation of mass refers to the total
elimination of matter thus releasing energy. In this paper, we will look at what would possibly
happen should antimatter idea succeed.
The concept of negative matter has appeared in several of unsuccessful ideas of the past.
Paul Dirac, a physicist, formulated a theory of the motion of the electrons in electric and
magnetic fields that included the effects of Einstein's special law of relativity. It is important to
note that the consequences of the success of the antimatter theory would be interesting. One such
is that if we could completely harness the energy of a kilogram of sugar annihilated with another
kilogram of anti-sugar, we would generate sufficient power to propel a vehicle for 100,000 years
without halting. Another notable achievement that would happen is the development of
antimatter spacecraft for use in interplanetary travel or possibly interstellar voyage. The transit
time to Mars would be reduced from eight months to one month since antimatter provides an
incredible thrust. Quite an astonishing fact indeed!
The principal weakness of the theory is that antiprotons are nonexistent in nature and
currently are produced only in large particle accelerator facilities. It takes a lot of funds to make
just a small amount of antiprotons. They spontaneously annihilate when in contact with regular

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matter. Consequently, they must be stored and handled carefully. One would need what a storage
ring of magnets with a vacuum tube inside.
In conclusion, we realize that antimatter is a very hard technology to bring to the market.
This difficulty is because of the significant expenses involved. However, should it come to pass,
the technology would go a long way in changing the lives of humans in medical and
technological fields.