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Latest revision as of 19:52, 31 July 2025

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Baryon Asymmetry
Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?
Title text: Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?

    Explanation

    Cueball wants to know why the universe has baryon asymmetry. The observable universe contains much more matter than antimatter. Current physical theories imply that matter and antimatter should have been created in roughly equal amounts. The fact that antimatter is rare is very fortunate for humans and other objects made of matter, given that matter/antimatter reactions destroy both substances with a violent release of energy.

    The creator of the universe, far from being wise and all-knowing, simply forgot to add a roughly equal amount of antimatter. They add the antimatter that they originally forgot, only to create a massive explosion as large quantities of the universe experience annihilation.

    The title text resolves another physics mystery in a similarly unexpected way. Dark matter mysteriously interacts with gravitation, but not electromagnetic energy. The creator explains that dark matter was supposed to interact with high-energy gamma rays, but they forgot to add that property to dark matter. The Wikipedia articles for antimatter and dark matter start with clarifications that antimatter and dark matter are not the same thing, and that dark matter is different from dark energy.

    The creator of the universe in this comic might be the same floating sphere featured in 3085: About 20 Pounds. Talking to a floating sphere is becoming a returning subject in xkcd.

    Transcript

    [Cueball is floating in a void. He is speaking with the creator of the universe, who appears as a black sun symbol.]
    Cueball: So you're the creator of the universe?
    Creator of the Universe: That's me! So, got any questions?

    [Cueball is putting his hand to his face.]
    Cueball: Oh man, so many. What's the reason for baryon asymmetry? Why is most of the universe matter and not antimatter?

    [Cueball's hand is back down.]
    Creator of the Universe: Crap. Did I forget the antimatter? One sec, let me just…

    [Many explosions fill the panel, including a large explosion in the centre.]
    BOOM


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