6. Anderson Publishes Observation of Positron (1933)

Marvin
1 min readNov 4, 2018

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Anderson discovers the positron, the electron’s antiparticle, by observing tracks left in a cloud chamber by a then-unknown particle in cosmic rays. Anderson’s experiments provide the first concrete evidence for Dirac’s prediction that every fermion has an antiparticle partner with the same mass but opposite charge.

What is Positron?

What would happen if a positron collides with an electron?

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