Understanding the Elusive Nature of Mass: Can it Really be Destroyed?

[Ravi4213]

I have one question that can we destroy the mass does anyone have answer?

 

[Ravi4213]

I have one question in my mind and that is can humans create the matter and if answer is yes than how?

 

[jedishrfu]

Welcome to PF!

Is this a homework question? Have you done any reading on it?

 

[Ravi4213]

No I had question in my mind so I have ask it and I haven't read about it and I am new on this site so I don't know the answer.

 

[jedishrfu]

Here's a brief article on it that you could have easily found yourself:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter_creation

 

[jtbell]

can humans create the matter

It depends on what you mean by "create" and what you mean by "matter."

 

[Drakkith]

I have one question that can we destroy the mass does anyone have answer?

Mass cannot be destroyed. Matter, on the other hand, is a different story.

 

[Orodruin]

Mass cannot be destroyed.

We had this conversation recently (https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-a-massless-photon-create-mass.787079/). In the end it boils down to what you mean by "mass". If you mean the invariant mass (as in the square of the total 4-momentum) then it cannot be destroyed. If you mean the sum of the rest masses of all constituents of a system, then yes it can.

 

[Drakkith]

We had this conversation recently (https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-a-massless-photon-create-mass.787079/). In the end it boils down to what you mean by "mass". If you mean the invariant mass (as in the square of the total 4-momentum) then it cannot be destroyed. If you mean the sum of the rest masses of all constituents of a system, then yes it can.

Mass shouldn't be allowed to be so complicated. :D