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Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data? Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being conve

Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data? Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions?

dekken_ 5y ago
> Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data. I'm not sure this is resolved. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Conclusions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Conclu... > Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions? Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalenc... you can (theoretically) convert between energy and mass, and then measure everything as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt. I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this.
- TeMPOraL 5y ago
  > I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this. Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons? If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse?
  - dekken_ 5y ago
    > Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons? I expect it would make a lot more than just two photons. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation#Proton%E2%80%93antiproton_annihilation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation#Proton%E2%80%93an... > If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse? It would have to be demonstrated.
    - TeMPOraL 5y ago
      Thanks, I didn't know proton/antiproton annihilation is so complex. But it makes sense.
- pelorat 5y ago
  How do you think we got matter from the big bang?
  - dekken_ 5y ago
    I don't pay much attention to big bang things, as far as I'm concerned it's as unprovable as an infinite universe theory. I'm not sure we can ever know either way.

Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data? Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions?

dekken_ 5y ago

> Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data. I'm not sure this is resolved. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Conclusions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Conclu... > Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions? Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalenc... you can (theoretically) convert between energy and mass, and then measure everything as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt. I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
> I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this. Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons? If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse?
- dekken_ 5y ago
  > Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons? I expect it would make a lot more than just two photons. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation#Proton%E2%80%93antiproton_annihilation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation#Proton%E2%80%93an... > If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse? It would have to be demonstrated.
  - TeMPOraL 5y ago
    Thanks, I didn't know proton/antiproton annihilation is so complex. But it makes sense.
pelorat 5y ago
How do you think we got matter from the big bang?
- dekken_ 5y ago
  I don't pay much attention to big bang things, as far as I'm concerned it's as unprovable as an infinite universe theory. I'm not sure we can ever know either way.