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[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago

So I wonder, even if it’s only appearing very briefly it’s still going to exert some small gravitational effect.

I don't think so. Remember: This is energy being converted to mass, not mass coming out of nowhere.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it mass and energy is equivalent no? And it also still baffles us as to why rest mass and resultant mass from energy should be equivalent at all?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

Correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand it mass and energy is equivalent no?

Yes.

And it also still baffles us as to why rest mass and resultant mass from energy should be equivalent at all?

I don't know about this one. I'm not an expert so don't quote he on it, but I don't remember hearing this before.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Then why wouldn't it exert gravitational force?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

It does, but that's the thing: It does either way. There should be no change due to the conversion of energy to mass.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Ahh, I see what you mean. Thanks for explaining it

[-] skarn@lemmy.today 1 points 5 months ago

Ah right. So, an alternative to dark energy and dark mass?

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 2 points 5 months ago

No no that's a completely different phenomenon. This is the phenomenon involved in Hawking's radiation and similar.

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