samosa
samosa

Today I Learnt....

E = mc^2 is not the full equation...

this is the simplified form for the particles which doesn't have any momentum

actual equation shown in the image attached

source: https://www.britannica.com/video/185388/equation-theory-energy-relativity-mc

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samosa
samosa

petition for a separate community for TIL

Sapthinker
Sapthinker

But pls no hc verma queations freshens up trauma of monkey sliding down pulley questions

cArnage
cArnage

Doesn’t look correct. Reason- p is mass * velocity. So for anything moving at the speed of light the equation becomes, E=1.414mc2 🧐

Any physicists in the house to explain this?

Nobody420
Nobody420

It doesn’t work like that. mc^2 is the static energy equivalent for mass m. So basically if a mass m is not moving and completely annihilate to energy then energy equivalent to mc^2 will be released. But if the same mass is moving with some velocity then what op is saying is correct.

cArnage
cArnage

That’s fine. I’m talking about a situation where the mass is moving. Will the equation yield the multiple of 1.414 if speed is equal to speed of light?

Rather for any moving mass, the multiple would be greater than 1. The velocity can be represented as a % of c and the equation will become E= sqrt(1+x%)mc2

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