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What particles carry various forms of energy?

If I didn't get this wrong, light or heat energy consists of photons and they in turn effect electrons' behavior and thus responsible for chemical and electrical energy. What kind of similar particle ...
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Energy of split of nucleus [closed]

How much energy must be supplied to the nucleus of lithium isotope Li-7 (3 protons, 4 neutrons) to separate them into individual protons and neutrons? The atomic weight of lithium is $1.1524 \times ...
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The building blocks of energy

I have a couple of related questions that have been bothering me for a while. They might sound unscientific, but here is goes: What are the building blocks of energy? What does energy consist of? Is ...
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Can a neutron be created from pure energy

Is it possible to create a neutron out of pure energy, i.e. not by bringing a bunch of already-existing quarks together? (A quick calculation using E = mc2 shows the energy required would be about 1.5 ...
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What is “A” in AGeV?

AGeV means GeV per nucleon. But why A letter is used for such a short cut? Why not NGeV, for example?
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Energy efficiency of antimatter producion [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Matter - Antimatter Reactory Practicality Certain reactions in particle accelerators lead to production of antimatter, which can then be collected in noticeable ...
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Matter - Antimatter Reactory Practicality

With current technology, would the energy released by a matter-antimatter annihilation be more than the energy needed to created the antimatter in the first place? Would it be worth it? Just curious, ...
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What is the total kinetic energy per second of the particles accelerated by the LHC

Related: how many protons per second can the LHC accelerate?
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What is meant by the rest energy of non-composite particle?

When talking about the rest energy of a composite particle such as a proton, part of the rest energy is accounted for by the internal kinetic energy of its constituent quarks. But what is physically ...
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Kinetic Energy vs. Potential energy with regards to creating particles

So I know that when you collide particles with high enough kinetic energy, (kinetic energy = at least the rest mass of the particles you are making), you get particles. How come potential energy ...
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Cosmic ray hazards

The Pierre Auger Observatory site mentions the detection of a 3E20 eV (48 J) cosmic ray whose energy, well above the GZK cutoff, was based on an analysis of its atmospheric shower. This was equivalent ...