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Mass-energy — E = m c^2
relativity
The electron's rest energy is m_e c^2 = 0.511 MeV (sealed). Mass and energy are the same thing, and because c^2 is enormous a tiny mass is a vast energy. Mass IS rest energy - it enters the Hamiltonian as the energy a body has even at rest.
source
Narrow Highway — relativity
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card_rel_mass_energy
address
WIT.codex.FCT/mass-energy-e-m-c-2/REF.WITNESSED@narrow-highway
adjoining cards
- part of → Relativity — many frames, one invariant — a pillar of relativity (Mass-energy)
- connects at → The Hamiltonian — the law of the flow — E = m c^2: mass is rest energy, part of the Hamiltonian
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