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====== Mass ====== | ====== Mass ====== | ||
- | <tabbox Why is it interesting?> | + | <tabbox Intuitive> |
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- | A lower limit to the amount of energy that a particle can have is a property of a particle with a mass.An object may have any amount of kinetic energy, the amount getting smaller as the body slows toward rest. At this point the particle has its mini-mum energy; the amount of which, E, would then correspond to a mass m given by Einstein’s famous equation $E=mc^2$. For a massless body, the minimum energy in principle can be zero. | + | |
- | <cite>From "The Infinity Puzzle", by Frank Close</cite> | + | |
- | </blockquote> | + | |
- | <tabbox Layman> | + | |
* [[ftp://srdconsulting.com/USB_BackUp/Data/Articles/QFT/Strassler/MassEnergy/OkunMass.pdf|The Concept of Mass]] by Lev Okun | * [[ftp://srdconsulting.com/USB_BackUp/Data/Articles/QFT/Strassler/MassEnergy/OkunMass.pdf|The Concept of Mass]] by Lev Okun | ||
* https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/the-equivalence-of-mass-and-energy-the-center-of-energy/ | * https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/the-equivalence-of-mass-and-energy-the-center-of-energy/ | ||
* http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/physics-has-demoted-mass | * http://nautil.us/issue/54/the-unspoken/physics-has-demoted-mass | ||
+ | * [[https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.7114|Origins of Mass]] by Wilzeck | ||
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- | <tabbox Student> | + | <tabbox Concrete> |
See: [[http://www.hysafe.org/science/KareemChin/PhysicsToday_v42_p31to36.pdf|The Concept of Mass]] by Okun | See: [[http://www.hysafe.org/science/KareemChin/PhysicsToday_v42_p31to36.pdf|The Concept of Mass]] by Okun | ||
- | <tabbox Researcher> | + | <tabbox Abstract> |
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+ | * For a nice description see [[https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.1013|Mass in Quantum Yang-Mills Theory]] by L. D. Faddeev | ||
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+ | ---- | ||
<blockquote>In classical physics, mass is a conserved quantity, as | <blockquote>In classical physics, mass is a conserved quantity, as | ||
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+ | <tabbox Why is it interesting?> | ||
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+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | A lower limit to the amount of energy that a particle can have is a property of a particle with a mass.An object may have any amount of kinetic energy, the amount getting smaller as the body slows toward rest. At this point the particle has its mini-mum energy; the amount of which, E, would then correspond to a mass m given by Einstein’s famous equation $E=mc^2$. For a massless body, the minimum energy in principle can be zero. | ||
+ | <cite>From "The Infinity Puzzle", by Frank Close</cite> | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
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+ | <tabbox FAQ> | ||
--> Can we explain masses in QFT?# | --> Can we explain masses in QFT?# | ||
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which describes bound states. space<cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/1612.00003.pdf</cite></blockquote> | which describes bound states. space<cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/1612.00003.pdf</cite></blockquote> | ||
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- | <tabbox History> | ||
+ | -->What's the interpretation of mass in QFT?# | ||
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+ | see https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/56903/the-interpretation-of-mass-in-quantum-field-theories | ||
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+ | <-- | ||
</tabbox> | </tabbox> | ||