Mass-Energy-Momentum: Only there Because of Spacetime?
I describe how relativistic field theory generalizes the paradigm property of material systems, the possession of mass, to the requirement that they have a mass-energy-momentum density tensor Tmn associated with them. I argue that Tmn does not represent an intrinsic property of matter. For it will b...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2011
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