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Old 31-March-2008, 12:48 AM
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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?
Because they hadn't cooled enough to form particles at that point.
The particles hadn't cooled enough to form particles?

If the particles were something before they became particles, we know
nothing about that state of matter.

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