Different Mass Definitions and Their Pluses and Minuses Related to Gravity
The discussion of what matter and mass are has been going on for more than 2500 years. Much has been discovered about mass in various areas, such as relativity theory and modern quantum mechanics. Still, quantum mechanics has not been unified with gravity. This indicates that there is perhaps someth...
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| description | The discussion of what matter and mass are has been going on for more than 2500 years. Much has been discovered about mass in various areas, such as relativity theory and modern quantum mechanics. Still, quantum mechanics has not been unified with gravity. This indicates that there is perhaps something essential not understood about mass in relation to gravity. In relation to gravity, several new mass definitions have been suggested in recent years. We will provide here an overview of a series of potential mass definitions and how some of them appear likely preferable for a potential improved understanding of gravity at a quantum level. This also has implications for practical things such as getting gravity predictions with minimal uncertainty. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8a257297d2746f2946dbe9dbe4284542023-11-18T10:28:52ZengMDPI AGFoundations2673-93212023-04-013219921910.3390/foundations3020017Different Mass Definitions and Their Pluses and Minuses Related to GravityEspen Gaarder Haug0Christian Magnus Falsens vei 18, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 1430 Ås, NorwayThe discussion of what matter and mass are has been going on for more than 2500 years. Much has been discovered about mass in various areas, such as relativity theory and modern quantum mechanics. Still, quantum mechanics has not been unified with gravity. This indicates that there is perhaps something essential not understood about mass in relation to gravity. In relation to gravity, several new mass definitions have been suggested in recent years. We will provide here an overview of a series of potential mass definitions and how some of them appear likely preferable for a potential improved understanding of gravity at a quantum level. This also has implications for practical things such as getting gravity predictions with minimal uncertainty.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9321/3/2/17massgravitational massinertial masskilogram masscollision-time massNewton mass |
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| title_short | Different Mass Definitions and Their Pluses and Minuses Related to Gravity |
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