The property of an object that determines how much it responds to a force in Newtonian mechanics, and how much it interacts with gravity in the Newtonian framework. Mass also refers to the intrinsic energy of a particle in particle physics.
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Archimedes principle and specific gravity
A physical balance measures the gravitational mass of a body. I conducted an experiment to find out the specific gravity of a bob. I first measured the mass of the bob in air, and then in water. The ...
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Classic mass predictions from Left-Right models with discrete symmetries?
I am covering the classic literature on predictions of Cabibbo angle or other relationships in the mass matrix. As you may remember, this research was a rage in the late seventies, after noticing that ...
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Sound level of organ pipe driven by helium
The sound pressure level of an organ pipe is a function of the gas flow rate delivered to the pipe. Source
Would the sound level of an organ pipe driven by helium be lower than that of a pipe driven ...
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Do all the particles acquire mass in the Standard Model due to the Higgs mechanism only?
I know that a mass term for an intermediate boson is not compatible with the gauge symmetry. But in principle a mass term for the electron field does not violate a gauge symmetry. However to build an ...
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Glueball mass in non-abelian Yang Mills theory
How can the glueball mass be calculated in Yang Mills theory?
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Alternate derivation of kinetic mass increase in special relativity, from Maudlin
I've recently come across a derivation, which I've not seen before, of mass increase in special relativity. It seems to make sense, but I get tripped-up on an intermediate step, and I can't seem to ...
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Neutrino mass with Dirac and Majorana
Why both Dirac mass and Majorana mass terms are needed to explain the mass of a neutrino?
