Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Root
Why "moments later"? Why not immediately, from the very start?
Why would the matter and antimatter hang out for a time before
annihilating each other?
-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
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Because they hadn't cooled enough to form particles at that point.
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