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Colliding Ice Comets and the Reality of Energy

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dc.contributor.authorRiggs, Peter J.
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-17T03:53:03Z
dc.date.available2015-12-17T03:53:03Z
dc.date.issued2010-11-19
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:57:37Z
dc.description.abstractThe reality of energy is occasionally questioned in the physics literature despite strong arguments and experimental evidence in favor of its existence. The Ice Comets Contention is a scenario where two comets made of ice collide and melt. The heat that melts the comets is assumed to 'flow' from one comet to the other but the direction of heat flow is inferred to be observer dependent. This result is used to conclude that energy is not real. It is shown why this attempt fails.
dc.identifier.issn0836-1398en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/95085
dc.publisherPhysics Essays Publication
dc.rights© 2010 Physics Essays Publications. http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0836-1398/..."author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing). On institutional repositories. 12 months embargo" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 22/12/15)
dc.sourcePhysics Essays
dc.subjectKeywords: Heat Flow' Direction; Ice Comets; Minkowski Space-Time; Reality of Energy
dc.titleColliding Ice Comets and the Reality of Energy
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage624en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage621en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationRiggs, Peter, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, CPMS Research School of Physics and Engineering, Department of Quantum Science, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidu1499375en_AU
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor029999en_AU
local.identifier.absseo970102en_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationU9212960xPUB34en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume23en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.4006/1.3511296en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79952505722
local.identifier.thomsonID000208179200014
local.type.statusAccepted Versionen_AU

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