Talk:Foe (unit)

Is this notable?
The only person to use this unit seems to be Gerry Brown, who invented it. Please, add references to works of multiple other authors where this unit is used. If they do not exist, then this is a non-notable neologism that should be deleted. Awolf002 12:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree that it hovers at the margin of notability. However, a quick Google search on +foe supernova reveals:


 * 1) Bethe, H. A. 1993, "SN 1987A - an empirical and analytic approach", ApJ, 412, 192-202
 * 2) Hartmann, D. 1999, "Perspective: Afterglows from the largest explosions in the universe", Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 96, 4752-4755
 * 3) http://qso.lanl.gov/~clf/ Chris Fryer's page about the LANL supernova group's work, accessed 13 Jan 2007 (EST)

Oh well, I guess if it's good enough for Hans Bethe, it's good enough for Wikipedia. Mordecai-Mark Mac Low 00:56, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This unit is referenced in other Wikipedia articles as well, (presumably) by other users.Metsfanmax (talk) 14:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Release of energy
This may seem to be a piddly request, but someone more familiar with the astronomical circles should probably clarify what is meant when the word “released” is used. Electromagnetic radiation? The sum kinetic energy found in the force of gases expelled outwards? The mass of Maxwell's daemons killed in the explosion? Et c. — JamesEG (talk) 04:59, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

In this context, it is the total released by all sources - [including but not limited to] kinetic energy of matter, electromagnetic, neutrinos, and probably we can say gravitational waves now as well.178.15.151.163 (talk) 10:45, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
 * All energy converted into non mater energy, so yes, electromagnetic, kinetic, gravitational waves. The first observed gravitational merger of binary black holes (BBH) - GW150914, by LIGO, released about 5300 foes of energy in GW alone (and mostly in GW). It is equivalent of about 3 sun masses annihilating into energy! 81.6.34.246 (talk) 21:19, 10 December 2019 (UTC)