Relativity and Cosmology

    

On the Mass-Energy Relationship E=mc2

Authors: John Shim

This paper examines Einstein’s derivations of the mass-energy relationship E=mc2 using the Lorentz transformations applied to a slowly accelerating charge of mass m, and also applied to a moving system emitting photons in opposite directions. In the first case, it is shown that Einstein’s use of the transformations is inconsistent with the classical definition of electrostatic force, F= qE, and that the expression given by Einstein for the kinetic energy of the charge due to its motion relative to the stationary system must be interpreted as a modification of the classical electrostatic interaction. In the second case, it is shown that Einstein’s conclusion does not follow from his example, and that the Lorentz transformations give no information about the kinetic energy of the excitation energy of a system due to its motion relative to a stationary coordinate system.

Comments: 6 Pages. published in the Hadronic Journal, 36(2) 2013

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[v1] 2013-03-29 19:22:40 (removed)
[v2] 2013-03-30 07:58:51 (removed)
[v3] 2013-03-30 09:41:32
[v4] 2013-06-16 22:15:36
[v5] 2014-05-21 14:43:33

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