What happens to an object's gravity when its mass converts to energy?

[teroenza]

Hello all,
I have am just a curious layman wondering qualitatively what happens to somethings gravity (field?) if some or all of it's mass is converted to energy.
Thank you
-Ter

P.s. Sorry if this is the wrong section for this.

 

[HallsofIvy]

No, because mass and energy are basically the same thing. Gravity depends on the "mass-energy tensor" not just mass.

 

[Varnick]

To expand on what HallsofIvy said, there would be no difference in gravitational field with a source mass, and a gravitational field with an equivalent source energy (If you use e=mcc to have equal energy and mass). Hope this helps,

V

 

[teroenza]

Thank you both very much.