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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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