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    The invariant mass, rest mass, intrinsic mass, proper mass, or in the case of bound systems simply mass, is the portion of the total mass of an object...
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  • The word "mass" has two meanings in special relativity: invariant mass (also called rest mass) is an invariant quantity which is the same for all observers...
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    of the conserved mass if the mass being measured is the invariant mass (i.e., invariant mass is both conserved and invariant). The mass–energy equivalence...
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  • called relativistic energy) to invariant mass (which is also called rest mass) and momentum. It is the extension of mass–energy equivalence for bodies...
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    which is independent of the composition of the matter. Rest mass, also called invariant mass, is a fundamental physical property that is independent of...
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  • particle physics, the electron mass (symbol: me) is the mass of a stationary electron, also known as the invariant mass of the electron. It is one of the...
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  • two reference frames. The mass of an object as measured in its own frame of reference is called its rest mass or invariant mass and is sometimes written...
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  • particle physics, a massless particle is an elementary particle whose invariant mass is zero. At present the only confirmed massless particle is the photon...
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    kinds of mass are defined: rest mass (invariant mass), and relativistic mass (which increases with velocity). Rest mass is the Newtonian mass as measured...
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    Spacetime (redirect from Invariant interval)
    relationship between mass and energy. "Relativistic mass" is a deprecated term. The term "mass" by itself refers to the rest mass or invariant mass, and is equal...
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  • four-momentum gives a Lorentz invariant quantity equal (up to factors of the speed of light c) to the square of the particle's proper mass: p ⋅ p = η μ ν p μ p...
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    Proton (redirect from Proton mass)
    vacuum, accounts for almost 99% of the proton's mass. The rest mass of a proton is, thus, the invariant mass of the system of moving quarks and gluons that...
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  • energy value. Also conserved, and invariant to all observers, is the invariant mass, which is the minimal system mass and energy that can be seen by any...
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  • energy of a particle collision approaches infinity. It differs from the invariant mass as usually understood because the latter includes the 'clothing' of...
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  • gives the rest mass (invariant mass) of the system: m 0 = E 0 c 2 . {\displaystyle m_{0}={\frac {E_{0}}{c^{2}}}.} The invariant mass of the system is...
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    {\displaystyle s} is also known as the square of the center-of-mass energy (invariant mass) and t {\displaystyle t} as the square of the four-momentum transfer...
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    Electron (redirect from Mass of electron)
    the electron has spin 1/2. The invariant mass of an electron is approximately 9.109×10−31 kg, or 5.489×10−4 Da. Due to mass–energy equivalence, this corresponds...
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    retains its mass. Decay energy, therefore, remains associated with a certain measure of the mass of the decay system, called invariant mass, which does...
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  • The transverse mass is a useful quantity to define for use in particle physics as it is invariant under Lorentz boost along the z direction. In natural...
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    A gyrovector space is a mathematical concept proposed by Abraham A. Ungar for studying hyperbolic geometry in analogy to the way vector spaces are used...
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    presented as being based on just two postulates: The laws of physics are invariant (identical) in all inertial frames of reference (that is, frames of reference...
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  • charge, spacetime interval (e.g., proper time and proper length), and invariant mass. In physics, a pseudoscalar denotes a physical quantity analogous to...
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    total mass moving at the speed of the center of mass. The kinetic energy of the system in the center of momentum frame is a quantity that is invariant (all...
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  • relativistic energy) of a particle or compound object, is also the invariant mass (times the scale-factor speed of light squared). It is also the reference...
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    second law, with mass fixed, is not invariant under a Lorentz transformation. However, it can be made invariant by making the inertial mass m of an object...
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  • {\displaystyle {\tfrac {\hbar }{2}}} , and invariant mass me. Accelerate that electron, and the charge, spin and mass assigned to it in all physical laws in...
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    fermions with no color charge. All massless particles (particles whose invariant mass is zero) are elementary. These include the photon and gluon, although...
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    {\displaystyle F^{\mu }} is the four-force, m {\displaystyle m} is the invariant mass, and A μ {\displaystyle A^{\mu }} is the four-acceleration. The general...
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  • Quantum chromodynamics Chiral symmetry breaking Photon energy Invariant mass and relativistic mass Binding energy Strassler, Matt (15 April 2013). "Protons...
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  • principle be used to extract energy from a rotating black hole, up to its invariant mass energy, Mc2. The LIGO experiment that first detected gravitational waves...
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