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Experiments with slow antiprotons and nuclei reveal what happens when matter and antimatter come together and annihilate. Before the annihilation antiprotonic atoms are formed, and after the annihilation many fast particles are emitted and much lighter residual nuclei are left.
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von Egidy, T. Interaction and annihilation of antiprotons and nuclei. Nature 328, 773–778 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/328773a0
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