Kharakov
Quantum Hot Dog
Imagine the following scenarios, if you will.
Photon in a box in space. Contributes to mass of box, and stress energy tensor.
Photon in an open box, contributes to Stress Energy Tensor of box if its momentum leads into the box, does not contribute towards SET of box if it is leaving the box and there is no probability of interacting with box.
If there is a probability of the photon interacting with the open box's edges (in addition to having probability of leaving the box), it contributes to the SET of the box according to the amount of probability of interaction (ie, wavelength determines possible interactions, and magnitude of likelihood of interaction at specific points). If there is a total 18% chance of interaction with the box, the photon contributes 18% of its energy to the SET of the box, the other energy contributes towards the SETs of other objects it could interact with.
Particles are waves, and only contribute to the SET of groups of particles that they have a chance of interacting with as particles, according to the likelihood of interaction.
Particles do not self interact as if they ran into another particle- in other words, they stay in wave state until interacting with another particle (which will be the point source from which both particles "emit" as waves again), so cannot collapse under their own gravity- they are always contributing to the total SET of the groups of particles that their wave pattern falls upon.
Photon in a box in space. Contributes to mass of box, and stress energy tensor.
Photon in an open box, contributes to Stress Energy Tensor of box if its momentum leads into the box, does not contribute towards SET of box if it is leaving the box and there is no probability of interacting with box.
If there is a probability of the photon interacting with the open box's edges (in addition to having probability of leaving the box), it contributes to the SET of the box according to the amount of probability of interaction (ie, wavelength determines possible interactions, and magnitude of likelihood of interaction at specific points). If there is a total 18% chance of interaction with the box, the photon contributes 18% of its energy to the SET of the box, the other energy contributes towards the SETs of other objects it could interact with.
Particles are waves, and only contribute to the SET of groups of particles that they have a chance of interacting with as particles, according to the likelihood of interaction.
Particles do not self interact as if they ran into another particle- in other words, they stay in wave state until interacting with another particle (which will be the point source from which both particles "emit" as waves again), so cannot collapse under their own gravity- they are always contributing to the total SET of the groups of particles that their wave pattern falls upon.