Word: ambiplasma
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Insulation. To explain why the original cloud did not completely annihilate itself, Alfvén suggests that regions of matter and antimatter can coexist. A layer of hot ambiplasma (matter and antimatter particles in the process of annihilation) may sometimes be created, he says, when matter and antimatter meet. Like the insulating layer of steam that forms between a drop of water and the surface of a very hot stove, the ambiplasma would separate and repulse the hostile regions. In that way, Alfvén believes, the two forms of matter could be prevented from committing mutual destruction...
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