I've heard that mass loses energy, but how?

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The discussion revolves around the concept that mass is an irregularity in the universe, leading to a loss of fundamental symmetries. A professor mentioned that the existence of mass results in the universe losing energy, which sparked confusion among participants. Clarification was provided that mass itself does not cause energy loss; rather, its existence breaks certain symmetries in the Standard Model of particle physics. An analogy involving banks and currencies was referenced to explain these concepts, though its details remain unclear to some. Ultimately, the conversation emphasizes the relationship between mass, energy, and symmetries in the universe.
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i think i saw it in a sixty symbols video, but i can't seem to find it.
but i remember that the professor said that the existence mass is an irregularity, and that (universe?) looses energy when mass exist.

i'd like to know, if possible; how does it work technically, because i remember that the professor was using an analogy of 3 banks with 3 currencies
maybe fields?

thankyou
 
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1832vin said:
i think i saw it in a sixty symbols video, but i can't seem to find it.
but i remember that the professor said that the existence mass is an irregularity, and that (universe?) looses energy when mass exist.

Sounds like nonsense, but without a reference I can't be certain what the professor meant.
 
Drakkith said:
Sounds like nonsense, but without a reference I can't be certain what the professor meant.

i found the video!
but i still don't really get it, if you don't mind may you help me explain?

(i might have got something wrong?)
 
1832vin said:
i remember that the professor said that the existence mass is an irregularity, and that (universe?) looses energy when mass exist.
That's not what was said.
Not my forte this one, but from what I understand, symmetries are used to build the Standard Model of particle physics. The issue is, those symmetries tend to be broken.
This analogy explains why they have to be broken, or what it'd take for them not to be broken.
It's not that mass makes universe lose energy, it's that its existence means the universe has to lose some fundamental symmetries. Don't take it literally when Brady ventures a guess (and the prof. kinda agrees) that mass is an irregularity. What was meant is that if the universe had no mass, there would be some nice symmetries in how the fields interact.
 
So I know that electrons are fundamental, there's no 'material' that makes them up, it's like talking about a colour itself rather than a car or a flower. Now protons and neutrons and quarks and whatever other stuff is there fundamentally, I want someone to kind of teach me these, I have a lot of questions that books might not give the answer in the way I understand. Thanks
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