Electromagnetic mass of the electron

relativityfan · Oct 8, 2010

hi, can anyone tell me why the mass of the electron is said to be electromagnetic?
does that mean that without this mass an electron could not interact with the electromagnetic interaction (cf neutrinos)?

Vanadium 50 · Oct 8, 2010

It's not. Theories that tried to make that work ended up tangled in mathematical contradictions like 4/3 =1.

granpa · Oct 9, 2010

Only a very small part of the electron mass is electromagnetic.
Google 'self induction'.

granpa · Oct 9, 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_special_relativity#Electromagnetic_mass

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