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So its more complicated than simply antimatter *will* annihilate with matter. I'm reading a book (Antimatter by Frank Close) and either I missed it, haven't gotten there yet, or it just doesn't go into that kind of detail. Thanks, I'm sure I'll be back with more questions eventually.

These may seem like silly questions, but seeing as I'm not a physics major (I teach myself about what interests me in any subject really), I could use some clarification on the issue. Does an anti-particle annihilate only when it meets its "regular matter" particle counterpart, or will the...