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To make antimatter you have to change the charge of proton and electron. So how do you do it
Hello bhobba. This has confused me. Should we take your first sentence literally? As I understand (understood) it, an electron has a charge which I thought was considered to be a fundamental constant. But in your first sentence you seem to be suggesting its charge is not a constant but somehow increases as something gets closer to it. Does that really happen?bhobba said:Just as an added twist the closer you get to an electron the bigger the charge - it depends on the energy scale. It was this that confused the early pioneers and led to infinities and the invention of renormalisation to tame it. The full understanding came with the work of Wilson he got a Nobel for:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization_group
Thanks
Bill
There is a constant, and both classically and (with some corners being cut) in non-relativistic quantum mechanics an electron is an idealized point particle with charge equal to that constant; it's the field strength that becomes infinite as you move arbitrarily close to the electron. It gets much messier in quantum electrodynamics, and that's what Bhobba is talking about.Dadface said:As I understand (understood) it, an electron has a charge which I thought was considered to be a fundamental constant.
Nugatory said:I'm not sure that a B-level thread is the right place to carry on this discussion; we've already come close to hijacking the original thread.
Dadface said:I have looked at the wiki article and have also searched elsewhere but am still none the wiser. Would you be able to clarify the matter please? Thank you.
The charge of an electron and proton cannot be changed. They are fundamental particles and their charge is a fundamental property that cannot be altered.
No, the charge of an electron and proton cannot be reversed. They always have a negative and positive charge respectively.
No, it is not possible to manipulate the charge of an electron and proton. Their charge is an intrinsic property and cannot be altered or controlled externally.
No, the charge of an electron and proton cannot be increased or decreased. They have a fixed charge and it remains constant in all interactions.
Yes, the charge of an electron and proton can be transferred to another particle through interactions such as electron transfer or proton transfer. However, the charge of the electron and proton themselves remain unchanged.