Making matter out of light: high-power laser simulations point the way
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A few minutes into the life of the universe, colliding emissions of light energy created the first particles of matter and antimatter. We are familiar with the reverse process—matter generating energy—in everything from a campfire to an atomic bomb, but it has been difficult to recreate that critical transformation of light into matter.