Negative Energy
Alec Li, Sydney Osugi
Period 2, AP Physics
The term positive energy encompasses light, matter and antimatter. While positive energy is created through the collision of electrons and their positron counterparts, collisions with negative energy and matter result in nothing. Negative energy is the concept that there is a region of space that is able to “contain less than nothing … can be less than zero”(`Negative Energy'' Solutions: Hole Theory).
The law of the conservation of energy states that energy can not be created nor destroyed, only altered and that the amount of energy before a reaction is equivalent to the amount of energy after a reaction. It is hypothesized that the Big Bang had enormous amounts of negative …show more content…
Stephen Hawking made a notable hypothesis that black holes release radiation as they evaporate. However, this concept, called Hawking radiation, fails to explain how black holes would equalize with the space around it. The black hole would only emit energy outward and not do so inward, contradicting the basic tenet of thermodynamics of energy conservation. The solution is found in negative energy, as it flows inward to balance out the energy within the black hole. The black hole’s gravitation itself produces a certain amount of negative energy by dragging the particles towards the center. Most gravitation is described as negative energy. Understandingly negative energy is a “concept used in physics to explain the nature of certain fields, including the gravitational field and a number of quantum field effects” (Exotic Matter and Negative …show more content…
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Alec Li, Sydney Osugi
Period 2, AP Physics
The term positive energy encompasses light, matter and antimatter. While positive energy is created through the collision of electrons and their positron counterparts, collisions with negative energy and matter result in nothing. Negative energy is the concept that there is a region of space that is able to “contain less than nothing … can be less than zero”(`Negative Energy'' Solutions: Hole Theory).
The law of the conservation of energy states that energy can not be created nor destroyed, only altered and that the amount of energy before a reaction is equivalent to the amount of energy after a reaction. It is hypothesized that the Big Bang had enormous amounts of negative …show more content…
Stephen Hawking made a notable hypothesis that black holes release radiation as they evaporate. However, this concept, called Hawking radiation, fails to explain how black holes would equalize with the space around it. The black hole would only emit energy outward and not do so inward, contradicting the basic tenet of thermodynamics of energy conservation. The solution is found in negative energy, as it flows inward to balance out the energy within the black hole. The black hole’s gravitation itself produces a certain amount of negative energy by dragging the particles towards the center. Most gravitation is described as negative energy. Understandingly negative energy is a “concept used in physics to explain the nature of certain fields, including the gravitational field and a number of quantum field effects” (Exotic Matter and Negative …show more content…
"``Negative Energy'' Solutions: Hole Theory." ``Negative Energy'' Solutions: Hole Theory. N.p., 22 Apr. 2013. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
DiscoveryTV. "Negative Energy - Stephen Hawking's Grand Design." YouTube. YouTube, 21 Sept. 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2016. Ford, Lawrence H., and Thomas A. Roman. "Negative Energy - Wormholes and Warp Drive." Negative Energy - Wormholes and Warp Drive. Scientific American, Jan. 2000. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.
"Negative Energy: From Theory to Lab." WeirdSciences. N.p., 07 Dec. 2010. Web. 16 Nov. 2016.
Spinnertronics. "Exotic Matter and Negative Energy." YouTube. YouTube, 10 July 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2016.
"STEPHEN HAWKING: How to Build a Time Machine." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 05 Nov. 2011. Web. 17 Nov. 2016.
"What Is Negative Energy?" What Is Negative Energy? N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.
"Wormholes with Negative Energy." Wormholes with Negative Energy | Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Nov.