Matter from the Mirror Side
Standard physics tells us antimatter is matter with opposite charge. An electron is negative; a positron is positive. Same mass, opposite charge. When they meet, they annihilate—converting entirely to energy.
But this raises profound questions:
Antimatter mirrors matter exactly—same mass, opposite charge, opposite spin. Why so precise?
The Big Bang should have created equal matter and antimatter. They should have annihilated completely. Yet here we are.
Even in perfect vacuum, antimatter eventually escapes and vanishes. It seems to "want" to disappear.
The ε framework proposes a simple, elegant solution: antimatter is matter from the opposite surface of the torus.
| Our Surface | Mirror Surface |
|---|---|
| Matter | Antimatter |
| Electrons (e⁻) | Positrons (e⁺) |
| Protons | Antiprotons |
| Our "normal" | Their "normal" |
From the mirror side's perspective, we are the antimatter. What's "matter" and what's "anti" is entirely relative to which surface you're standing on.
When anything crosses through ε—the center—all properties invert. This is fundamental to the geometry:
The symmetry is perfect because it's not two different things—it's one thing viewed from two sides. Like your reflection in a mirror: left becomes right, but it's still you.
One of physics' greatest mysteries: the Big Bang should have created equal matter and antimatter. Where did half the universe go?
The antimatter didn't go anywhere. It's on the other surface.
The Big Bang emerged from ε, simultaneously populating both surfaces. Matter on one side,
antimatter on the other. Equal amounts, perfectly separated by geometry.
We don't see it because it's on the mirror side. From their perspective, they
don't see us—we're the "missing" antimatter in their physics.
When matter from one surface meets matter from the opposite surface, they're forced to occupy the same geometric position. The only point where both surfaces coincide is ε.
The energy released is the binding energy that was maintaining their separation from the center—the energy keeping them on their respective surfaces.
E=mc² takes on new meaning. Mass itself may be "distance from ε" expressed as energy. Annihilation releases that distance as pure energy when it collapses to the center.
Your twin on the mirror side isn't "antimatter" in the dangerous sense—they're matter from their surface's perspective. But if you could physically cross, you'd BE antimatter from this side's view.
There's no missing antimatter, no unexplained asymmetry. The universe is perfectly balanced—matter on one surface, "antimatter" on the other. The geometry ensures separation.
Charge, spin, chirality—these aren't independent properties but geometric consequences of which surface you're on. The "fundamental" properties of particles are really positional properties of the torus.
There is no antimatter.
There's just matter on the other side.