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- Title
Mass and Mass-Energy Equation from Classical Mechanics Solution.
- Authors
Zheng-Johansson, J. X.; Johansson, P.-I.
- Abstract
We establish and solve the classical wave equation for a particle formed from a massless oscillatory charge and the resulting electromagnetic waves of frequency co in the vacuum. We obtain from its wave-function solution the total energy of the particle wave to be ε = ħcω, 2πħc being a function expressed in wave-medium parameters and identifiable as the Planck constant. The source charge, hence the particle, may be generally traveling; ω thus depends on the particle's motion owing to its source-motion resultant Doppler shift. The train of waves traveling as a whole at the finite velocity of light c has apparently an inertial mass m, and hence the Newtonian translational kinetic energy mc² = ε, where m = ħc&omega/c². m is thereby in turn the inertial mass of the particle. Based on the solutions we also write down a set of semi-empirical equations for the particle's de Broglie wave parameters. From the standpoint of overall modern experimental indications we comment on the origin of mass implied by the solution.
- Subjects
SPECIAL relativity (Physics); MECHANICS (Physics); ELECTROMAGNETIC waves; VACUUM polarization; WAVE equation; WAVE functions; DOPPLER effect; STOPPING power (Nuclear physics)
- Publication
Physics Essays, 2006, Vol 19, Issue 4, p544
- ISSN
0836-1398
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4006/1.3028859