Timeline for If virtual particles have negative mass why do they contribute positive mass to atoms?
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| Aug 1, 2014 at 13:27 | vote | accept | Davita | ||
| Aug 1, 2014 at 6:01 | comment | added | Luboš Motl | Dear @BrandonEnright ,they are off-shell in general but they are surely allowed to have negative energy, too. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 5:19 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:50 | comment | added | Davita | @BrandonEnright very helpful, I've got something to scratch my head now. Thank you very much :). Also could you post those comments as answer so I can accept it? :) | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:48 | comment | added | Brandon Enright | You'll also find profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/… useful. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:47 | comment | added | Brandon Enright | Related / relevant: physics.stackexchange.com/questions/81190/whats-inside-a-proton/… and physics.stackexchange.com/questions/100352/… and physics.stackexchange.com/questions/101229/… | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:46 | comment | added | Brandon Enright | Virtual particles as a model for the binding energy of the quantum fields in protons and neutrons don't have negative mass. Instead they're "off shell" so they have a different mass than a particle in that field should. | |
| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:43 | history | edited | Brandon Enright | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 1, 2014 at 4:41 | history | asked | Davita | CC BY-SA 3.0 |