johnandrew

Terrific. I've got some reading to do, I see. Many thanks for your kind responses. John

Thanks for the well informed response. I was under the (apparently) erroneous impression that radioactive decay resulted in the production of electromagnetic radiation and that the high energy accelerated particles in a cyclotron could interact to produce mass. My understanding, is that black holes with their enormous gravitation, pull in nearby bodies and their destruction results in the emission of high energy electromagnetic radiation. Thanks in advance for your patience. John

Hi there, Energy from matter is there to be observed when radioactive material decays but I think I'm right in stating, that it wasn't until 1997 that anyone managed to achieve the reverse process, in a cyclotron. There's lots of exciting observational data appearing about black holes right now. Reading the theory about bh's, it seems you have all of the necessary conditions for the creation of matter from energy. While there's much talk about the production of energy from the shredding of stars and such, nobody is talking about the creation of matter from energy. Can someone kindly tell me what I'm missing about black holes? Cheers☺