What is the physical composition of energy?

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The discussion clarifies that energy is not composed of physical entities like bosons or photons. Instead, energy is defined as an observed characteristic of physical processes and a property of objects. The analogy made compares the inquiry about the composition of energy to questioning the composition of momentum, emphasizing that both are fundamental properties rather than material substances.

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what is it physically made of.? Bosons ?? Is it all kinds of bosons or only photons.?
 
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Energy is not "made up" of anything. It is an observed characteristic of physical processes.
 
Energy is a property of objects. Asking what energy is made of, is like asking what momentum is made of.
 

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