In the experiment conducted by CERN, with the involvement of the researchers of the Laser Center of the University of Latvia (LU) Mārcis Auziņš and Valts Krūmiņš, significant scientific achievements in the field of antibody physics research were achieved - for the first time, it was possible to cool positronium with the help of a laser.
Academician Mārcis Auziņš, a professor at the University of Latvia, explained: "The laws of physics, as we currently understand them, require that we have the same amount of matter and antimatter in the universe. This means that if you and I are currently made of matter and we were talking here, then even where our counterparts made of antibody should be."
Mārcis Auziņš pointed out: "Once, more than a hundred years ago, it was clear that Newton's laws describe everything that happens in the mechanical world. Then came Albert Einstein, who said - no, Newton's laws are not the truth in the last instance, they need to be clarified , and the theory of relativity was born. I would very much like to hope that in particle physics we are in a situation where we will find at one point that our theories are very good, but not perfect in some respects."
Auziņš pointed out that this achievement paves the way for further research, which will allow scientists to study the basic elements that make up the universe in unprecedented ways.
Source: CERN experiment by LU physicists and foreign researchers paves the way for further research, LTV1 Morning Panorama.