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AQA A-Level Physics/Mass and energy
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The mass-energy equivalence principle theorised by Albert Einstein describes the relationship between mass and energy through the equation . As is constant, . For example, 1kg of matter is equivalent to around J of energy. This principle can be used to calculate the rest mass of a pair of particles which are produced through pair production, or the energy of a gamma photon produced through annihilation.