2007-12-20 19:32:13 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Consider the air inside a spherical bulb whose volume is V.
The volume of air inside the bulb is also V.
Remove all the air inside using an ideal pump.
The air is removed but the bulb inside has a volume V.
The one [vacuum] inside the bulb has a volume V but has no mass!
2007-12-20 21:33:44 · answer #1 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It depends on what you mean by "occupies space." There are particles that have a specific location in space, but have no mass - photons or gravitons, for example. But these particles don't exclude other particles from inhabiting the same space, so while they technically "occupy" space, they don't actually take any of it up. Similarly, there are particles (such as W and Z bosons) which occupy space in the same way as photons (that is, they don't occupy space to the exclusion of other particles) but DO have mass.
If what you're looking for is a particle that DOES exclude other objects from occupying its space but has no mass, then you're looking for a massless fermion, which, to my knowledge, does not exist, but I'm not entirely sure about that.
2007-12-20 19:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The Pauli Exclusion Principle applies only to fermions, which is the complete set of all known massive particles. See the reference, it's a little more complicated. I know of no comparable principle that applies to the gauge bosons. So as far as I know, the answer is no.
2007-12-21 08:37:47 · answer #3 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mass is how much matter makes up an object, but if there is no matter in the object then it is not an object. Everything has mass, even black holes.
2007-12-21 00:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by toombs_reid 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there isn't any such concern as an merchandise interior the quantum international. the respond could be no because of the fact there isn't any such concern as a merchandise yet purely the prediction of its phantom place which could in no way be discovered.
2016-11-23 19:16:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what about a solid block of light stream, photons have no mass, therfore it would seem like an object to you and it would have no mass
2007-12-20 20:01:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
there is nothing in this world that fits ur description. everything in this world is called a "matter" and matter means "anything that has mass and occupies space" there there isn't ANY object that fits ur description. hope ur satisfied with my answer
2007-12-20 19:37:43 · answer #7 · answered by Mikhaila 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No everything has a mass
2007-12-20 19:34:22 · answer #8 · answered by Jenny C 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
everythingis made of atoms and an atom has mass
so there fore everything has mass
fun fact:
if an atom was the size of a marble
then the marble would be the size of the earth
2007-12-20 19:40:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋
scientifically: no.
if you want a smart-*** answer, I'd say a Protestant (only Catholics have Mass).
2007-12-20 19:36:58 · answer #10 · answered by Your Weapons Are Useless Against Us 3 · 2⤊ 5⤋