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The cosmogonical separation of matter and antimatter

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Alfvén has shown that in the symmetric cosmology of O. Klein, matter and antimatter can be separated as clouds of solar masses. By considering the dynamics of these clouds it is shown that a further separation process driven by the release of rest energy can separate matter on a galactic scale.

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  1. Dept. of Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

    William B. Thompson

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Paper dedicated to Professor Hannes Alfvén on the occasion of his 70th birthday, 30 May, 1978.

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Thompson, W.B. The cosmogonical separation of matter and antimatter. Astrophys Space Sci 55, 15–23 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642576

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