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Title: Antinucleons

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/915467· OSTI ID:915467

The idea of ''antiparticles'', as is well known, originated with Dirac, who in establishing the relativistic equations for the electron noted that besides the solutions corresponding to ordinary electrons there were also ''unwanted solutions'' corresponding to particles of electronic mass but of charge +e instead of the electronic charge - e. The discovery of the positron by CD Anderson offered a brilliant experimental confirmation of Dirac's prediction and gave the first example of an ''antiparticle.''

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USAEC
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
915467
Report Number(s):
UCRL-8260; TRN: US200817%%534
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English