Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9162 total)
6 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,817 Year: 3,074/9,624 Month: 919/1,588 Week: 102/223 Day: 13/17 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Where Did Big Bang Energy Come From?
positronic_pains
Inactive Member


Message 34 of 84 (188235)
02-24-2005 5:58 PM
Reply to: Message 22 by daaaaaBEAR
02-06-2005 1:07 AM


Matter creation from nothing...
.... is in fact possible.
Hello everyone, first post, I hope I don't make too many mistakes!
Back to creating matter. It happens all the time. Pairs of particle/anti-particle pairs spring into existence from nothing, and no-one bats an eyelid. A simple consequence of Quantum Theory. Of course, they tend to annihiliate each other pretty fast, so as not to violate the uncertainty principle, but in certain circumstances, such as close to the event horizon of a black hole, one of the pair of virtual particles can cross the horizon whilst the other wanders off, becoming "real". Bingo, something from nothing. (Check out any books/websites about "Hawking Radiation" for more on this.)
Well, sort of, anyway. Of course, I have simplified things, but my point is that your comment about a random mass appearing by itself being ludicrous is inherently false.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 22 by daaaaaBEAR, posted 02-06-2005 1:07 AM daaaaaBEAR has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 35 by daaaaaBEAR, posted 02-24-2005 10:22 PM positronic_pains has not replied

  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024