Relativity · undergrad
Relativistic Energy-Momentum
The invariant relation connecting energy, momentum, and rest mass.
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Relation
The invariant relation is
For a particle at rest, this reduces to .
Four-Momentum
The four-momentum is
Its invariant norm gives the mass shell condition.
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