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Old 07-11-2014, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sjastro View Post
It's E=mc^2 at work.
BHs even gain mass when massless photons pass over the even horizon.

The conversion of energy into mass has been demonstrated by the production of positron/electron pairs from high energy photons.

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Steven
thanks steven, i'm still a bit confused i understand that energy can be converted into mass and vice versa. in BH am i right in saying that all mass is converted to energy? so that would mean energy would have to have an affect on gravity in 'energy form' (as opposed from mass)?

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russ
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