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Antiparticles and rest energy

Antiparticles and rest energy

Antiparticles are partners of ordinary particles. They have the same mass and the same rest energy as the corresponding particle, but opposite charge, so an electron has charge −1.60×10−19 C-1.60 \times 10^{-19} \, \text{C}−1.60×10−19C and a positron has +1.60×10−19 C+1.60 \times 10^{-19} \, \text{C}+1.60×10−19C.

Particles, antiparticles and photons Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Physics
  3. /Particles, antiparticles and photons