Is matter a electomagnetic wave that has locked into a closed loop and therefore does not appear to travel away? Or is there a good reason why this cannot be so?
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matter is a manifestation of energy, as proved by einsteins E=mc^2 string theory postulates (as far as i am aware!) that elementary particles (such as electrons) are created through the vibration of incredably, 1 dimensional strings. Im afraid, however, that im not the person to tell u anything about string theory but wikipedia very much is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory =]
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it will be absorb by surrounding matters imidiately, so i doud you can confine it.
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Mass and charge are two completely independent properties of particles. Matter is defined as anything with mass. Thus protons, neutrons, and electrons are all forms of matter. Photons, which are particles of light waves, are massless (mass=0) and thus are not considered to be matter. In addition, some particles carry electric charge, which may be positive or negative, while other particles might not carry any charge (charge=0), such as neutrons. Quarks have fractional charges. Electromagnetic (EM) waves are associated with the acceleration of moving charges, as predicted by Maxwell's equations which unify electricity and magnetism. That describes light, radio, x-rays, etc. regardless of whether you think of EM as waves or photons. But EM waves don't give rise to mass. That's a whole other unrelated property. You could quibble about relativistic connections, but in any case there is no "locked closed loop" of EM that I know of to describe matter. In electrical engineering there are "closed loop" and "phase-locked loop" controllers that I don't think are relevant here.
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