Fusion mass to energy when does gravity stop?
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Let there be two hydrogen atoms 1.1 mass each. We Solar fusion to convert the two hydrogen plasma to Helium with a mass of 2 and 0.2 gamma radiation.
Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
My question: is the process gradual? Instantaneous? Or is there a lag associated with this process until the photon is able to free it's self from the star.
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Let there be two hydrogen atoms 1.1 mass each. We Solar fusion to convert the two hydrogen plasma to Helium with a mass of 2 and 0.2 gamma radiation.
Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
My question: is the process gradual? Instantaneous? Or is there a lag associated with this process until the photon is able to free it's self from the star.
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
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Let there be two hydrogen atoms 1.1 mass each. We Solar fusion to convert the two hydrogen plasma to Helium with a mass of 2 and 0.2 gamma radiation.
Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
My question: is the process gradual? Instantaneous? Or is there a lag associated with this process until the photon is able to free it's self from the star.
gravity relativity mass-energy fusion
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Let there be two hydrogen atoms 1.1 mass each. We Solar fusion to convert the two hydrogen plasma to Helium with a mass of 2 and 0.2 gamma radiation.
Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
My question: is the process gradual? Instantaneous? Or is there a lag associated with this process until the photon is able to free it's self from the star.
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
– Qmechanic♦
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
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Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
One subtle thing about gravity that only arises in situations like this is that the source of gravity is actually something called the stress energy tensor. This includes energy, momentum, pressure, and stress. So even though light does not have mass it still gravitates since it has energy and momentum and pressure. The sun doesn’t lose gravitation until the neutrinos and light actually leave the sun. For the neutrinos that happens quite quickly, but for the light it can take a long time as the light is repeatedly scattered, absorbed, and re-emitted.
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Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
One subtle thing about gravity that only arises in situations like this is that the source of gravity is actually something called the stress energy tensor. This includes energy, momentum, pressure, and stress. So even though light does not have mass it still gravitates since it has energy and momentum and pressure. The sun doesn’t lose gravitation until the neutrinos and light actually leave the sun. For the neutrinos that happens quite quickly, but for the light it can take a long time as the light is repeatedly scattered, absorbed, and re-emitted.
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Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
One subtle thing about gravity that only arises in situations like this is that the source of gravity is actually something called the stress energy tensor. This includes energy, momentum, pressure, and stress. So even though light does not have mass it still gravitates since it has energy and momentum and pressure. The sun doesn’t lose gravitation until the neutrinos and light actually leave the sun. For the neutrinos that happens quite quickly, but for the light it can take a long time as the light is repeatedly scattered, absorbed, and re-emitted.
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Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
One subtle thing about gravity that only arises in situations like this is that the source of gravity is actually something called the stress energy tensor. This includes energy, momentum, pressure, and stress. So even though light does not have mass it still gravitates since it has energy and momentum and pressure. The sun doesn’t lose gravitation until the neutrinos and light actually leave the sun. For the neutrinos that happens quite quickly, but for the light it can take a long time as the light is repeatedly scattered, absorbed, and re-emitted.
answered 4 hours ago
Dale
4,1721521
Before the fusion process gravity was acting on the systems mass plus the two hydrogen atoms. After it is acting on the system plus the helium. There is less mass and hence the gravitational Interact is less (negligible but still).
One subtle thing about gravity that only arises in situations like this is that the source of gravity is actually something called the stress energy tensor. This includes energy, momentum, pressure, and stress. So even though light does not have mass it still gravitates since it has energy and momentum and pressure. The sun doesn’t lose gravitation until the neutrinos and light actually leave the sun. For the neutrinos that happens quite quickly, but for the light it can take a long time as the light is repeatedly scattered, absorbed, and re-emitted.
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Gravity couples to energy not mass.
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