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sonic boom with protons by micaluky

micaluky
micaluky
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20th Oct 2014
21st Jun 2015
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doppler supersonic sonicboom soundbarrier everyoneshutup press6or0 3press press2please mach cherenkov

Comments

  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     24th Oct 2014
    okay, so in Einstein's theory of relativity, E=mc^2 states that energy is equal to mass time the speed of light squared.. right? sooo...
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     24th Oct 2014
    if we transpose that into terms of mass(m) m=E/(c^2) meaning that mass is energy divided by the speed of light squared.. meaning if you have energy, you MUST have mass, if you have no mass, then you are multiplying the speed of light squared by 0, and the equation states you have no energy. when you say photons are massless, you are either A: ignoring general reletivity, or B: saying Einstein was wrong.
  • Ferne
    Ferne     24th Oct 2014
    Well basically matter is everything that takes up space, and it doesn't necessarily need to have mass.
  • powder-04
    powder-04     23rd Oct 2014
    listen -flatline-
  • powder-04
    powder-04     23rd Oct 2014
    my brain just flatlined
  • Sandwichlizard
    Sandwichlizard     23rd Oct 2014
    there are other particles streaming off of the sun, not just photons. however I know scientists have allegedly trapped a photon and transported a photon. if there is no mass what is there to trap or transport. what if photons are what happens to matter if it is ever accelerated to that velocity. maybe matter is shed to accomodate the increase in velocity leaving only subatomic particles of some kind.
  • sentinal-5
    sentinal-5     23rd Oct 2014
    okay. if photons don't have mass. explain solar sails.
  • MEOWS
    MEOWS     23rd Oct 2014
    sonic boom that goes faster than sound...+1
  • AgentSCI
    AgentSCI     23rd Oct 2014
    OOH! Remembered. @Sandwichlizard, perhaps the E=mc^2 is the same as in ohms law (I don't look into the math part of science too much yet) but if I were to make an equation where m is mass and another where m is momentum, they could technically be correct as math is just math. you can assign a variable to anything that has a value and that variable can be anything. This is what happens in communication and as communication, contexts can be required hence english, all of language, so on.
  • AgentSCI
    AgentSCI     23rd Oct 2014
    Photons can have mass if you consider there energy as mass (in which case it's tiny and technically incorrect) and something else I forgot. My train of thought is more like a rollercoaster...