In relativity mass and energy are interchangeable. For example, most of
the mass of a proton is in the kinetic energy of the quarks. When a
planetary orbit decays (by radiating gravity waves) kinetic energy is
lost and this shows up as less gravitational mass for the sun/planet
system. So mass IS converted.
Brent
On 2/13/2016 6:47 PM, Terren Suydam wrote:
Great, but what is the specific way in which mass is converted into
the energy required to produce gravitational waves? When planetary
orbits decay, kinetic energy is lost... No mass is converted.
On Feb 13, 2016 1:20 PM, "John Clark" <johnkcl...@gmail.com
<mailto:johnkcl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Terren Suydam
<terren.suy...@gmail.com <mailto:terren.suy...@gmail.com>>wrote:
>
Sure, but John said the black holes lost 3 solar masses, which
was converted into gravitational waves... how? Fusion and
fission are easy examples of mass to energy conversion - so
what's the specific interaction here according to theory?
Einstein found in General Relativity a new law of nature, he said
it takes energy to make gravitational waves and that an
accelerating mass produces gravitational waves, just as Maxwell
said a accelerating charged particle makes a electromagnetic wave.
Normally this effect is far too small to be important and can be
ignored, but when it's something as massive as a black hole and
its vibrating at almost the speed of light as it tries to become
spherical we now know that gravity waves can not be ignored and
Einstein was right. General Relativity has passed its most
stringent test yet and passed it with flying colors!
John K Clark
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