A positively charged particle has a force acting along the electric force field. The contrary is true for a negatively charged particle. Can we apply the same analogy for antimatter and say that antimatter will fall upward in a gravitational force field? Furthermore the energy of a bound system of two oppositely charged particles is negative implying that energy is released when such a system forms. Similar is seen for matter and antimatter.
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Possible duplicates: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/534289/2451 and links therein. – Qmechanic Feb 03 '23 at 14:06
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No it won't. Remember that gravity is caused by curvature in spacetime, not by a charge (as per magnetism.) So anything that is caught in that spacetime curvature is pulled towards the planet. That even includes light which is bent by this spacetime curvature. I compare gravity to a low pressure system in the weather, where this low pressure in time (time dilation near a planet) causes things to fall towards the planet, like a low pressure in the weather sucks things towards the centre of the low. What you are describing would require that a planet cause time contraction (speeding up). – foolishmuse Feb 03 '23 at 16:22
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Related: https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/230786/ – Lewis Miller Feb 03 '23 at 20:10