vitality00 Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 A charge emits in radiation what it has as its relativistic mass, rest energy of particles never change, only with its anti-particle?
Strange Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 I don't understand the statement. Are you referring to a moving charge generating electromagnetic radiation? (You already have two threads on that question.) Or some other sort of particle? And/or some other form of radiation? What do you mean by "rest energy"; is that the energy equivalent of its rest mass? In which case, that should never change (unless you are talking about radiation produced by particle decay, perhaps). And what do anti-particles have to do with it?
vitality00 Posted November 3, 2014 Author Posted November 3, 2014 electron-positron annihilation is the only way for an electron to completely release all of its rest energy/mass and what i mean is that rest energy/mass never change, but relativistic mass/energy refers to a rest mass that is in motion, the added kinetic energy is what refers to its relativistic mass i think (something like that)..... so is it only the kinetic energy and ONLY the kinetic that is converted to radiation to change rest energy/mass to radiation requires a anti-particle/matter equal in quantity etc?
Strange Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 electron-positron annihilation is the only way for an electron to completely release all of its rest energy/mass That is the only mechanism to convert all the mass to energy, yes. and what i mean is that rest energy/mass never change, but relativistic mass/energy refers to a rest mass that is in motion, the added kinetic energy is what refers to its relativistic mass i think (something like that)..... I would avoid thinking about "relativistic mass"; it is an unnecessary and potentially confusing concept. There is just (rest) mass and energy. so is it only the kinetic energy and ONLY the kinetic that is converted to radiation See the other thread for answers to this.
swansont Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 ! Moderator Note One thread per topic, please. http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/86236-does-matter-emit-or-produce-radiation/
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