D Dextraneous Joined 23 Jun 2013 Messages 2,617 Reaction score 380 Location Manchester Country 8 Mar 2015 #181 Einstein's equation primarily suggests the mass and energy are synonymous. So a particle could have energy but no mass, and also have momentum. Gravity seems to be another example of this.
Einstein's equation primarily suggests the mass and energy are synonymous. So a particle could have energy but no mass, and also have momentum. Gravity seems to be another example of this.
S sooey Joined 10 May 2006 Messages 11,968 Reaction score 1,583 Location Merseyside Country 8 Mar 2015 #182 You lost me with synonymous.
D Dextraneous Joined 23 Jun 2013 Messages 2,617 Reaction score 380 Location Manchester Country 8 Mar 2015 #183 It's all weird mumbo jumbo to me too. I prefer dealing with stuff that doesn't even exist in a physical way
It's all weird mumbo jumbo to me too. I prefer dealing with stuff that doesn't even exist in a physical way
P peterchichester Joined 4 Feb 2015 Messages 102 Reaction score 17 Location Sussex Country 8 Mar 2015 #184 I don't know if this helps. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/photon_mass.html Problem with physics is that behaviour and explanations rapidly become very weird and not at all intuitive
I don't know if this helps. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/ParticleAndNuclear/photon_mass.html Problem with physics is that behaviour and explanations rapidly become very weird and not at all intuitive