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"Sally" wrote in message...
... . . . ...just maybe...a positron is an area of space that is lacking an electron. I think that Richard Feymann was thinking along similar lines with his concept of virtual particles. Stephen Hawking suggested that, near a black hole event horizon, anti-particles would be generated from nothingness when their quantum entangled virtual twins disappear into the singularity. Hence black holes will radiate Hawking radiation. . . . Sally 'Lo Sally -- I've been studying this and would like to hear more about it... I'm familiar with the electron/hole theory in electronics as it applies to P and N semiconductor materials used in diodes and transistors... primary current carriers in N-type materials are electrons, primary current carriers in P-type materials are holes. .... but i can't quite marry your above statement about positrons being areas of space (holes) that are lacking electrons with the first discovery of the antielectron or positron in the cloud chamber. That was actually a *particle* that had the exact same mass as an electron, but moved in a curve that was just the *opposite* direction that an electron would have moved in the chamber's magnetic field. So the question arises, how would an electron-less area of space be able to leave the bubble track that is left by a positron when it is created in a cloud chamber? happy days and... starry starry nights! -- Our heads up in the sky, We're so clueless of our worth... Whose sky no longer shines As we lose our Mother-Earth? As people we must learn About the care of planet parts, To leave the world a better turn-- Empower brand new hearts! Paine Ellsworth |
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