Was Einstein Right when he Said Quantum Theory is Wrong?

[Mike C]

Thats interesting, what book is that? I have never heard that one referred to as de Broglie's formula..

 

Did you read the links?

 

The title of my book is 'Introductory Physics by Mashuri Warren,

In Chapter 23 on Wave Mechanics, page 525, it has the DeBroglie formula,

E = hv.

 

I am sure other physics books would also have this information.

 

Mike C

[HIENVN]

You dealt with a simplified version of mass-energy equivalence, simplified, because it zeros out some terms to make it a short [math]E=mc^2[/math]

 

The real mass-energy equivalence formula is [math]E=c*sqrt{p^2+m_0^2c^2}[/math]

 

where m0 is the rest mass of an object

Thanks Alexander,

Can you explain the term "rest mass" ?

HIENVN

[InfiniteNow]

Thanks Alexander,

Can you explain the term "rest mass" ?

HIENVN

 

It's also sometimes referred to as "invariant mass." Basically, it's the mass of an object which is not moving.

 

 

define:Rest mass - Google Search

 

 

• the mass of a particle at rest.
  hep.uchicago.edu/cdf/cdfglossary.html
   
  
• The rest mass (m) of a particle is the mass defined by the energy of the isolated (free) particle at rest, divided by the speed of light squared. When particle physicists use the word "mass," they always mean the "rest mass" (m) of the object in question.
  pdg.web.cern.ch/pdg/cpep/glossary.html
   
  
• (Also called proper mass, invariant mass, velocity-independent mass.) The mass of an object measured in a coordinate system in which the object is at rest. ...
  amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse
   
  
• Mass of an object measured in its own rest frame. An important invariant quantity.
  www4.nau.edu/meteorite/Meteorite/Book-GlossaryR.html
   
  
• (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body
  wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
  

 

 

 

Invariant mass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The invariant mass, intrinsic mass, proper mass or just mass is a characteristic of the total energy and momentum of an object or a system of objects that is the same in all frames of reference. When the system as a whole is at rest, the invariant mass is equal to the total energy of the system divided by c2, which is equal to the mass of the system as measured on a scale. If the system is one particle, the invariant mass may also be called the rest mass.