Mass of Hadrons: Verifying Special Relativity

[CaptainMarvel1899]

Hmm the mass of a hadron is an example of the verification of special relativity.The total mass of the quarks isn't equal to the mass of a hadron at rest frame.But quarks are moving very fast due to strong interaction and they gain mass (mass-energy equivalence)

 

[Ibix]

The total mass of the quarks isn't equal to the mass of a hadron at rest frame.

True.

But quarks are moving very fast due to strong interaction and they gain mass (mass-energy equivalence)

No - the quarks aren't moving. The extra mass is in the binding energy.

 

[CaptainMarvel1899]

Hmm what I googled doesn't agree with you.

 

[Ibix]

"What I googled" isn't really a helpful reference. Can you provide a link?

 

[CaptainMarvel1899]

Ok Speed of quarks.

 

[CaptainMarvel1899]

"What I googled" isn't really a helpful reference. Can you provide a link?

Ok you are right this guy says that E=mc2 is equal to the kinetic energy but this is not true.

 

[Ibix]

Also, the guy in your quora link is trying to use a classical argument to describe what's happening in a quantum system. That wouldn't work even if he weren't missing out the binding energy altogether.

 

[CaptainMarvel1899]

Also, the guy in your quora link is trying to use a classical argument to describe what's happening in a quantum system. That wouldn't work even if he weren't missing out the binding energy altogether.

Yeah:) But let's not be rude against him.

 

[DrClaude]

Yeah:) But let's not be rude against him.

There is nothing rude in what @Ibix said.

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