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Is there a relationship between the intense forces here that are apparently balanced and stable and the fact that mass is equivalent to insane amounts of energy
by api 3y ago
Is there a relationship between the intense forces here that are apparently balanced and stable and the fact that mass is equivalent to insane amounts of energy (via E=mc^2)?
Is mass basically a ball of balanced forces ready to explode if this balance is disrupted?
If so then it seems interesting that this tension's potential energy maps exactly to mc^2.
- itishappy 3y agoI think what you're describing is called the stress-energy tensor, which as I understand it is a generalization of mass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%E2%80%93energy_tensor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%E2%80%93energy_tensor
- mrkstu 3y agoSince matter is basically precipitated energy from the near infinite energies released by the Big Bang, makes sense to me that it has fairly high amounts of energy compacted. If nothing else, nuclear bombs made this blindingly obvious.
- pitherpather 3y agoIt is true in general that the "binding energy" of a nucleus is reflected in the measured mass or atomic weight, exactly as mc^2.