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Post by Jairo on Jul 7, 2010 12:48:23 GMT -4
If I take a particle and its anti-particle to the top of a building, I will increase their gravitational potential energy.
But if they anihilate themselves on the top of the building, they won't have mass anymore. Where will that potential energy go?
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Post by Jason on Jul 7, 2010 13:40:53 GMT -4
Wouldn't their potential energy be released at the same time as they are converted to energy by their mutual annihilation?
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Post by Jairo on Jul 7, 2010 19:05:09 GMT -4
So that potential energy was converted in mass before the anihilation?
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Post by Jason on Jul 8, 2010 11:22:59 GMT -4
No - at the instant of annihilation the potential energy would be released along with the rest of the energy being released. There would be no increase in mass.
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