Energy and Mass in Relativity Theory

ISBN 10: 9812814116 / ISBN 13: 9789812814111

Verlag: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2008

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Inhaltsangabe:

Energy and Mass in Relativity Theory presents about 30 pedagogical papers published by the author over the last 20 years. They deal with concepts central to relativity theory: energy E, rest energy E0, momentum p, mass m, velocity v of particles of matter, including massless photons for which v = c. Other related subjects are also discussed.According to Einstein's equation E0= mc2, a massive particle at rest contains rest energy which is partly liberated in the nuclear reactions in the stars and the Sun, as well as in nuclear reactors and bombs on the Earth. The mass entering Einstein's equation does not depend on velocity of a body. This concept of mass is used in the physics of elementary particles and is gradually prevailing in the modern physics textbooks.This is the first book in which Einstein's equation is explicitly compared with its popular though not correct counterpart E = mc2, according to which mass increases with velocity. The book will be of interest to researchers in theoretical, atomic and nuclear physics, to historians of science as well as to students and teachers interested in relativity theory.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Energy and Mass in Relativity Theory
Verlag: World Scientific Publishing Company
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New