Experiments are being proposed to test a big unknown in physics: how antimatter reacts to gravity.

If antimatter is shown to be gravitationally repulsive, which I have a hypothesis that it will, then that will leave a hole in general relativity as well as explain the seeming lack of antimatter in our part of the universe.

i think you are assuming too much. you assume that antimatter makes up the colossal amount of matter needed to complete the puzzle, there is no way to prove how much of it exists. with Modified Newtonian Dynamics, on the other hand, there could be a much more satisfying answer. we dont know how large bodies affect gravity over long distances (50-100AU+ from closest star). many accept the possibility that the gravitational pull distorts the arrival of photons, more and more depending on distance travelled. this at least explains universal expansion, an uneven distortion of space, if not the missing universe puzzle as well.

i think aetheric is the only person in this forum who values aetheric's opinion on physics

wat.

I don't understand why gravitational pull would distort space more the further away you get from the massive object. It has been proven that massive bodies do bend the light that travels around them. What the mechanics of this warping of space-time truly is is another story.



Hey zero_infinity.

This post was edited by AEtheric on Jul 10 2009 04:03pm

We're still awaiting the final result of the CERN experiments and the presence of the Higgs Boson. This boson will make understanding gravity, a lot easier.

read up on MOND theory, its very interesting. basically in this theory the gravitational pull affects the signal photons. this theory was brought back after the viking anomaly, where our two viking probes trajectories were affected by an unknown force (once they started moving out of the solar system). the idea is that they may be affected by the sun. it could also explain comet trajectories/velocities further. its a loose theory, but very interesting.



i hope so too.

would you mind expanding on this? i wikipedia'd this topic and didn't fully understand it.
how would these explain the existence of mass in the universe

Theres always the possibility of more dimensions then we can see or feel, dark matter & dark energy we hardly know anything about. If black holes (in theory) suck matter into different dimensions, and if the big bang theory is true, there would of been more then enough energy. Even if you can't see it, the effects are still there (Like a single light particle being in two places & times at once). They needa finish that damned particle accelerator. I wanna see some mini-black holes.

You have a hypothesis? Based on what? Your extensive career in the physical sciences- all of 25minutes on wikipedia?

Shut the fuck up.

LMAO Owned....
Gravity is a law for a reason, it cant be broken.... nice try go back to science 101 nub