Negative energy
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Negative energy is a concept used in energy (physics)
, energy (esotericism), and speculative fiction
for a contrast with regular or positive energy.
Negative energy may be used in:
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
, energy (esotericism), and speculative fiction
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
for a contrast with regular or positive energy.
Negative energy may be used in:
Physics
- Particle physics
- Exotic matterExotic matterIn physics, exotic matter is a term which refers to matter which would somehow deviate from the norm and have "exotic" properties. There are several uses of the term....
- AntiparticleAntiparticleCorresponding to most kinds of particles, there is an associated antiparticle with the same mass and opposite electric charge. For example, the antiparticle of the electron is the positively charged antielectron, or positron, which is produced naturally in certain types of radioactive decay.The...
- Crossing (physics)
- TachyonTachyonA tachyon is a hypothetical subatomic particle that always moves faster than light. In the language of special relativity, a tachyon would be a particle with space-like four-momentum and imaginary proper time. A tachyon would be constrained to the space-like portion of the energy-momentum graph...
- Demon algorithmDemon algorithmThe demon algorithm is a Monte Carlo method for efficiently sampling members of a microcanonical ensemble with a given energy. An additional degree of freedom, called 'the demon', is added to the system and is able to store and provide energy. If a drawn microscopic state has lower energy than the...
- Exotic matter
- Theoretical models of the vacuum, space, and space-time
- Dirac seaDirac seaThe Dirac sea is a theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles with negative energy. It was first postulated by the British physicist Paul Dirac in 1930 to explain the anomalous negative-energy quantum states predicted by the Dirac equation for relativistic electrons...
- Dirac equation in the algebra of physical spaceDirac equation in the algebra of physical spaceThe Dirac equation, as the relativistic equation that describesspin 1/2 particles in quantum mechanics can be written in terms of the Algebra of physical space , which is a case of a Clifford algebra or geometric algebrathat is based in the use of paravectors....
- Anti de Sitter spaceAnti de Sitter spaceIn mathematics and physics, n-dimensional anti de Sitter space, sometimes written AdS_n, is a maximally symmetric Lorentzian manifold with constant negative scalar curvature...
- Kodama stateKodama stateIn 1988, Hideo Kodama wrote down the equations of the Kodama state, but as it described a positive spacetime, which was believed to be inconsistent with observation, it was largely ignored....
- WormholeWormholeIn physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would be, fundamentally, a "shortcut" through spacetime. For a simple visual explanation of a wormhole, consider spacetime visualized as a two-dimensional surface. If this surface is folded along a third dimension, it...
- Hawking radiationHawking radiationHawking radiation is a thermal radiation with a black body spectrum predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects. It is named after the physicist Stephen Hawking, who provided a theoretical argument for its existence in 1974, and sometimes also after the physicist Jacob Bekenstein...
- ErgosphereErgosphereThe ergosphere is a region located outside a rotating black hole. Its name is derived from the Greek word ergon, which means “work”. It received this name because it is theoretically possible to extract energy and mass from the black hole in this region...
- Time travelTime travelTime travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space. Time travel could hypothetically involve moving backward in time to a moment earlier than the starting point, or forward to the future of that point without the...
- RetrocausalityRetrocausalityRetrocausality is any of several hypothetical phenomena or processes that reverse causality, allowing an effect to occur before its cause....
- Faster-than-lightFaster-than-lightFaster-than-light communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light....
- T-symmetryT-symmetryT Symmetry is the symmetry of physical laws under a time reversal transformation: T: t \mapsto -t.Although in restricted contexts one may find this symmetry, the observable universe itself does not show symmetry under time reversal, primarily due to the second law of thermodynamics.Time asymmetries...
- Dirac sea
Fiction
- A theme, aspect, plot devicePlot deviceA plot device is an object or character in a story whose sole purpose is to advance the plot of the story, or alternatively to overcome some difficulty in the plot....
, or characterization- Negative Energy Plane, an aspect of the Dungeons & Dragons game
- Noctum (role-playing game)Noctum (role-playing game)Noctum is a pen and paper survival horror Role-playing game developed by Mischa L Thomas. There are two earlier Swedish editions published by Wicked World Games 1.1. The third edition is published by Mongoose Publishing under their Flaming Cobra imprint....
- Negative Woman
- Negative ManNegative ManNegative Man is a fictional superhero from DC Comics. He first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80.-Larry Trainor:The original Negative Man, Larry Trainor, is a founding member of the Doom Patrol, along with Elasti-Girl, Robotman, and The Chief...
- Janus the Nega-ManJanus the Nega-ManJanus the Nega-Man is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Richard Janus was once a college student and a research scientist and contemporary of Reed Richards. He became obsessed with finding a new source of energy, and sought Richards' help to harness this...
- TNT (comics)TNT (comics)TNT is a DC Comics superhero from the 1940s. TNT and his side-kick Dan the Dyna-Mite were created by Mort Weisinger for DC Comics, and made their debut in Star-Spangled Comics #7...
- Muir Island SagaMuir Island SagaThe "Muir Island Saga" is a five-part Marvel Comics crossover event involving the X-Men and X-Factor, published in 1991. It was written by Chris Claremont and Fabian Nicieza.-Plot:...
- The Immunity Syndrome (Star Trek: The Original Series)
- Bakugan Battle BrawlersBakugan Battle Brawlersis a Japanese action adventure anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Japan Vistec under the direction of Mitsuo Hashimoto. The story centers on the lives of creatures called Bakugan and the battle brawlers who possess them...
- Manhattan BabyManhattan BabyManhattan Baby is a 1982 Italian horror film...
- Kamikaze (manga)Kamikaze (manga)is a manga series written and illustrated by Satoshi Shiki, published in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine from 1998 to 2003.A 2-CD audio drama based on the manga was released on December 26, 2003...
- Astro Boy (film)Astro Boy (film)Astro Boy, also called in Japan, is a 2009 computer-animated film loosely based on the long-running Japanese series of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It was produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT. The studio announced the project in September 2006...
- Eighteen Springs (film)Eighteen Springs (film)Eighteen Springs is a 1997 romance drama film directed by Ann Hui, starring Jacklyn Wu, Leon Lai, Anita Mui, Huang Lei and Ge You. It is a China-Hong Kong co-production based on the novel of the same name by Eileen Chang....
- The Omen (film series)The Omen (film series)The Omen film series is a horror film franchise created in the 1970s. The story was originally written by David Seltzer, who chose not to continue the series after the first novel. The second novel and screenplay were then written by Joseph Howard, and the third by Gordon McGill...
- You Are My Sunshine (Miracles episode)You Are My Sunshine (Miracles episode)You Are My Sunshine is the seventh episode of the television series Miracles. It was scheduled to air April 7, 2003, but the series was cancelled by ABC four days prior...
- Frames (album)Frames (album)Frames is the third studio album by British alternative rock band Oceansize, released on October 1, 2007 on Superball Music. The album marks the first appearance of bassist Steven Hodson, following the departure of Jon Ellis in 2005....
- Omega WaveOmega WaveOmega Wave is the title of Forbidden's fifth studio album, released in 22 October 2010. It is the band's first studio recording in 13 years and the first album to feature two new band members, Steve Smyth on guitar and Mark Hernandez on drums.-Production:The album was produced by guitarist Craig...
- Children of the Lens (novel)Children of the Lens (novel)Children of the Lens is a science fiction novel by author Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.. It was first published in book form in 1954 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 4,874 copies. It is the last book in Smith's Lensman series. The novel was originally serialized in the magazine Astounding beginning in...
- Sailor MoonSailor MoonSailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
Esotericism
- Beliefs and rituals
- Tapas (Sanskrit)Tapas (Sanskrit)Tapasya in Sanskrit means "heat". In Vedic religion and Hinduism, it is used figuratively, denoting spiritual suffering, mortification or austerity, and also the spiritual ecstasy of a yogin or tāpasá . In the Rigveda, the word is connected with the Soma cult...
- Perfect KarmaPerfect KarmaPerfect Karma is an idea based in part on the Buddhist and Hindu teaching that good or bad emanations generated by someone or something determine the future outcome of all incarnations....
- Homa (ritual)Homa (ritual)Homa is a Sanskrit word which refers to any ritual in which making offerings into a consecrated fire is the primary action...
- Preksha meditationPreksha meditationPreksha meditation [Preksha Dhyana] is a popular meditation technique of Jainism . It was formulated by the tenth Spiritual head of Terapanth Shvetambara Jain Acharya Mahaprajna in the middle of the 20th century on the guidance of Acharya Tulsi...
- UnsibanbonUnsibanbonUnsibanbon is one of the main teachings of Jeung San Do. Wun means "origin" or "primitive" and Shi means "beginning" or "start". Ban means "reverse" or "opposite" and Bon means "origin" or "base"...
- Shinnyo-en
- BenedicariaBenedicariaBenedicaria, which means "Way of Blessing," is a relatively new term for a number of loosely-related family-based folk traditions found throughout Italy, most notably in southern Italy and Sicily...
- ShamanismShamanismShamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. To quote Eliade: "A first definition of this complex phenomenon, and perhaps the least hazardous, will be: shamanism = technique of ecstasy." Shamanism encompasses the...
- Shamanic musicShamanic musicShamanic music includes both music used as part of shamans' rituals and music that refers to, or draws on, this. A shaman's ritual is a ritual and not a musical performance, and this shapes its musical dimension. In shamanism the shaman has a more active musical role than the medium in...
- Shingon BuddhismShingon Buddhismis one of the mainstream major schools of Japanese Buddhism and one of the few surviving Esoteric Buddhist lineages that started in the 3rd to 4th century CE that originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra...
- Tapas (Sanskrit)
- Buildings and structures
- Feng shuiFeng shuiFeng shui ' is a Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of both Heaven and Earth to help one improve life by receiving positive qi. The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu ....
- Zig-zag bridgeZig-zag bridgeA zig-zag bridge is a pedestrian bridge composed of short segments, each set at an angle relative to its neighbors and usually with an alternating right and left turn required when traveling across the bridge...
- Tiang SeriTiang SeriIlmu tajul muluk is the Malay pseudo-science of metaphysical and geomantic principles considered when siting or designing buildings to improve well-being. It was traditionally practiced by shamans and architects from Malaysia and Indonesia...
- Bosnian pyramidsBosnian pyramidsThe term Bosnian pyramids has been used for a cluster of natural geological formations sometimes known as flatirons near the Bosnian town of Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo...
- Feng shui
- Objects and materials
- GoheiGohei, or are wooden wands, decorated with two shide used in Shinto rituals.The streamers are usually white, although they can also be gold, silver, or a mixture of several colors...
- Witch bottleWitch BottleThe witch bottle is a very old spell device. Its purpose is to draw in and trap harmful intentions directed at its owner. Folk magic contends that the witch bottle protects against evil spirits and magical attack, and counteracts spells cast by witches....
- Prayer beadsPrayer beadsPrayer beads are used by members of various religious traditions such as Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, Anglicanism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Bahá'í Faith to count the repetitions of prayers, chants or devotions, such as the rosary of Virgin Mary in Christianity and dhikr ...
- Besom broomBesom broomA besom broom is a traditionally constructed broom made of a bundle of twigs tied to a stouter pole. They are still made today and sold at gardening stores as an outdoor broom.- Construction :...
- Smudge stickSmudge stickA smudge stick is a bundle of dried herbs, most commonly white sage . Often other herbs or plants are added, and the leaves are usually bound with string in a small bundle and dried. Additional herbs and spices that are often used in contemporary practices include cilantro, cedar, lavender, and...
- Kīla (Buddhism)
- Bach flower remediesBach flower remediesBach flower remedies are dilutions of flower material developed by Edward Bach, an English bacteriologist, pathologist and homeopath, in the 1930s. Bach believed that dew found on flower petals retain healing properties of that plant...
- Red bean soup
- Salvia apiana
- Religious use of incenseReligious use of incenseReligious use of incense has its origins in antiquity. The burned incense may be intended as a sacrificial offering to various deity or to serve as an aid in prayer.- Buddhism, Taoism and Shinto in Asia:...
- Gohei
- Skepticism and pseudoscience
- Melanin theoryMelanin theoryMelanin theory is a pseudoscientific theory, founded in the distortion of the known physical properties of melanin, a natural polymer and organic semiconductor. In humans, melanin is the primary determinant of skin color. People whose ancestors lived for long periods in the regions of the globe...
- Extrasensory perception
- Melanin theory