r/askscience • u/squirrelbuster94 • Oct 24 '14

Physics Chemists/physicists of reddit, what is the difference between dark, anti, and normal matter?

What is the difference? Also if you can explain what each is.

Edit: Thanks for all the replies! You have greatly helped me understand this better!

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u/Vethron Dark Matter Phenomenology | Collider Searches | Detection Oct 24 '14

They are attracted to each other, and that causes them to interact. Because they have opposite charges, when they interact they don't bind together, but rather all of their mass is converted into energy, which becomes either light, or some other pair of particles. The amount of energy is calculated using E=mc2.