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DOES the universe contain equal amounts of matter and antimatter? Unless one invokes an asymmetric initial condition, charge symmetry follows from the conservation of baryons. An asymmetric initial condition cannot be ruled out, however, and in fact is postulated in the standard version of the big-bang cosmology.
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DEFOUW, R. Separation of Matter and Antimatter. Nature 228, 1068–1069 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2281068a0
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