Energy And Mass In Relativity Theory

Preface......Page 8
2. PHOTON MASS AND VELOCITY OF LIGHT AND OF RADIO WAVES......Page 12
3. PHOTON MASS AND STATIC FIELDS......Page 13
CONCLUSION......Page 14
2. Mass, Energy, and Momentum in Einstein's Mechanics (x, /3, J ... Z. A Primer in Particle Physics (Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987), pp. 9-13.......Page 16
3. The Concept of Mass Physics Today, June 1989, pp. 31-36.......Page 22
References......Page 27
4. Putting to Rest Mass Misconceptions Reply to Letters of W. Rindler, M. A. Vandyck, P. Murugesan, S. Ruschin and C. Sauter, Physics Today, May 1990, pp. 13, 115, 117.......Page 28
REFERENCES......Page 29
1. A small test Instead of an Introduction......Page 38
3. Gallleo's principle of relativity......Page 39
6. limiting cases of the relativistic equations......Page 40
9. Mass of a system of particles......Page 41
11. Comparison of the role played by mass In the theories of Einstein and Newton......Page 42
13. At the turn of the century: Four masses......Page 43
15. "Generalized Poincare formula"......Page 44
18. Why It is bad to call E/c2 the mass......Page 45
19. "Does mass really depend on velocity, dad?"......Page 46
20. Flzlka v shkole (Physics at School)......Page 47
2. LET US PLAY WITH THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT......Page 48
3. THREE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS......Page 49
4. THE ANTHROPIC NATURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE......Page 51
5. THE ANTHROPIC PRINCIPLES......Page 52
6.IN WHAT IS THERE HOPE?......Page 53
7. MENTAL EXPERIMENTS. IS THE PLANCK SCALE NOT A MIRAGE?......Page 54
8. CONCLUSION......Page 55
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 58
2. THE MASS OF A PARTICLE......Page 59
3. THE MASS IN XVI-XVII CENTLTRIES......Page 61
5. THE MASS OF A SYSTEM OF FREE PARTICLES......Page 63
6. INTERACTIONS AND BINDING ENERGY......Page 64
7. QUARKS AND GLUONS CONFINED IN HADRONS......Page 65
8. THE PATTERN OF MASSES OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES......Page 66
9. SCALARS AND THE NATURE OF MASS......Page 67
10. CONCLUSIONS......Page 68
DISCUSSION......Page 69
2. POMERANCHUK ON VACUUM......Page 82
4. "MIRROR WORLD"......Page 83
7. VACUUM DOMAIN WALLS......Page 84
9. THE SUBJECTS I HAVE TO OMIT......Page 85
REFERENCES......Page 86
1. The relativity of Galileo Galilei......Page 88
2. The relativity of Albert Einstein......Page 89
References......Page 90
10. On Relativistic Apple: Exchange of Letters with M. R. Kleemans in August 1998......Page 92
2. Fundamental fermions......Page 96
4. Running coupling constants......Page 97
5. Colliders......Page 98
6. Why do we need still larger colliders?......Page 99
1. Introduction......Page 102
2. Experiments......Page 103
4. General relativity: metric......Page 104
6. Measurement of the wavelength......Page 105
Acknowledgments......Page 106
References......Page 107
II. EXPERIMENTS......Page 108
IV. THEORY IN THE FRAMEWORK OF GENERAL RELATIVITY: METRIC......Page 109
V. PSEUDODERIVATION AND MISINTERPRETATION OF GRAVITATIONAL REDSHIFT......Page 110
VII. CONCLUSIONS......Page 111
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 112
2. Redshift and Clocks......Page 114
3. Photon Velocity......Page 117
4. Radar Echo......Page 118
6. Conclusions......Page 119
References......Page 120
2. Dialogue on the Thought Experiment......Page 122
References......Page 124
3. FAMOUS FORMULA E = mc2......Page 126
5. E OR Eo? 1921-1955......Page 127
POSTSCRIPT......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 129
17. Trialogue on the Number of Fundamental Constants Written together with M. J. Duff and G. Veneziano, J. High Energy Phys. 0203 (2002) 023-053.......Page 130
2. Stoney's and Planck's units of L, T, M......Page 133
3.1 The meaning of c......Page 134
4. The cube of theories......Page 135
6. International system of units......Page 136
8. Remarks on Mike's part III......Page 137
Acknowledgments......Page 138
2. Three questions and one answer......Page 139
3. Fundamental units in QFT+GR......Page 140
4. Fundamental units in old-fashioned quantum string theory (QST)......Page 142
5. Fundamental units in modern QST 1M-theory......Page 143
6. The disagreement with Lev......Page 145
7. The disagreement with Mike......Page 146
Acknowledgments......Page 148
1. The false propaganda of the Three Constants Party......Page 149
2. The false propaganda of the Two Constants Party......Page 150
3. Three fundamental theories?......Page 153
4. An operational definition......Page 154
5. The operationally indistinguishable world of Mr. Tompkins......Page 155
7. Conclusions......Page 157
Acknowledgments......Page 158
References......Page 159
1. MASS IN SPECIAL RELATIVITY......Page 162
3. PHOTONS IN STATIC GRAVITY......Page 163
5. UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF m......Page 165
REFERENCES......Page 166
2 Pomeranchuk on vacuum......Page 168
4 Search and discovery of K2 -+ 7r+7r-......Page 169
5 "Mirror world"......Page 170
7 QeD vacuum condensates......Page 171
8 Sakharov and baryonic asymmetry of the universe, BAD......Page 172
11 Monopoles, strings, instantons, and sphalerons......Page 173
12 False vacuum......Page 175
13 Inflation......Page 176
14 Brane and bulk......Page 177
References......Page 178
1. Introduction. Proper and coordinate velocities......Page 182
2. Derivation of v c = 1/ J3 for r > R......Page 183
5. A thought experiment in a tower and the critical proper velocity......Page 184
6. Isotropic and harmonic coordinates......Page 185
References......Page 186
1 Introduction......Page 188
3 Planck Units......Page 189
5 Planck Units Are Impractical......Page 190
6 Units of Stoney......Page 194
8 Towards a Kilogram Based on h......Page 197
10 Electromagnetism and Relativity......Page 199
11 Concluding Remarks......Page 202
Acknow ledgements......Page 203
References......Page 204
22. The Virus of Relativistic Mass in the Year of Physics Gribov Memorial Volume IIQuarks, Hadrons and Strong Interactions: Proc. of the Memorial Workshop Devoted to the 75th Birthday of V. N. Gribov, Budapest, Hungary, 22-24 May 2005, eds. Yu. L. Dokshitzer, P. Levai and J. Nyiri (World Scientific, 2006), pp. 470-473.......Page 206
References......Page 209
1 From "Principia" to Large Hadron Collider (LHC)......Page 210
2 Mass in Newtonian Mechanics......Page 211
3 Mass in Special Relativity......Page 214
4 Mass in General Relativity......Page 221
5 The pedagogical virus of "relativistic mass"......Page 222
References......Page 224
1. History......Page 226
2. Mass......Page 228
3. Charge......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 232
2. Rest energy Eo......Page 236
5. Origin of E = mc2......Page 237
7. E = rnc2 in the first half of the 20th century......Page 238
10. E = rnc2 in the Year of Physics......Page 239
14. Those who are indifferent......Page 240
REFERENCES......Page 241
2. 1950s. Violation of P and C. Conservation of PC......Page 242
5. 1980s. Revival......Page 244
6. 1991- 2006. 'Maximum.' From cosmology and astrophysics to LHC......Page 245
References......Page 246
§2. 1957. Padua - Venice......Page 252
§4. 1958. Geneva......Page 253
§5. 1959. Kiev symmetry......Page 254
§7. 1962. Geneva again......Page 255
§10. November 2006 and afterwards......Page 256
Appendix......Page 258
References......Page 261
1 Introduction......Page 264
2.2 Lomonosov, Lavoisier......Page 265
3.2 Energy and inertia......Page 267
3.6 Einstein supports Eo = mc2......Page 268
4.2 Feynman diagrams......Page 269
7.1 Natural definition of mass......Page 270
7.3 Equivalence of mass and rest energy......Page 271
7.4 Interconversion between rest energy and kinetic energy......Page 274
7.6 Mass differences of hadrons......Page 276
7.7 Some basic questions......Page 278
1. Introduction......Page 280
3. 1905 - annus mirabilis......Page 281
5. 1906-1910. Minkowski......Page 282
6. 1911-1915. On the road to General Relativity Theory......Page 283
8. 1918-1920. Noether......Page 284
10. 1927-1935......Page 285
11. 1938 -1948. Atomic bomb......Page 286
12. 1949. Feynman diagrams......Page 288
14. Born, Landau, Feynman......Page 289
16. Conclusion......Page 290
References......Page 291
2 Relativity......Page 296
3 Dimensions......Page 297
4 Single particle......Page 298
5 Rest energy......Page 300
6 Newtonian mechanics......Page 301
7 Ultrarelativism......Page 303
8 Two free particles......Page 304
9 N on-free particles......Page 307
10 Atoms and atomic nuclei......Page 308
11 Gravitation......Page 310
12 Epistemology and linguistics......Page 312
13 Concluding remarks......Page 313
References......Page 314
Name Index......Page 316