[petrocrat]

Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data? Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions?

[dekken_]

> Is the mass measurement of electrons an abberation then in the QFT interpretation of the empirical data.

I'm not sure this is resolved. see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_electrodynamics#Conclu...

> Or is it that energy can have mass prior to being converted under some conditions?

Using https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%93energy_equivalenc... you can (theoretically) convert between energy and mass, and then measure everything as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt. I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this.

[TeMPOraL]

> I have yet to see anything create protons from energy, so I am hesitant to do this.

Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons? If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse?

[dekken_]

> Won't a proton/antiproton annihilation also create two photons?

I expect it would make a lot more than just two photons. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annihilation#Proton%E2%80%93an...

> If so, wouldn't that also work in reverse?

It would have to be demonstrated.

[TeMPOraL]

Thanks, I didn't know proton/antiproton annihilation is so complex. But it makes sense.

[pelorat]

How do you think we got matter from the big bang?

[dekken_]

I don't pay much attention to big bang things, as far as I'm concerned it's as unprovable as an infinite universe theory. I'm not sure we can ever know either way.