A new and scary theory! Particle mass isn't what everyone thinks. Here's why.
We measure mass in kilograms, but we increasingly understand what exactly we're measuring. Is it "amount of substance"? Or energy compressed into matter? Or perhaps it's not an independent property at all, but the effect of interactions hidden from our view?
0:00 Introduction
3:19 When Mass is a Parameter of an Effective Theory
7:35 Quantum Chromodynamics
9:47 Alternative Concepts
13:30 The Relationship between Mass, Entropy, and Quantum Information
17:15 Gravity as an Unchanged Contour
Sources:
The Origin of Mass
https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.7114
Empirical Consequences of the Emergence of Mass
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/9/1468
The Quaternion Mass Concept for Wave-Particle Duality: A New Approach
https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0305024
Negative Mass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativ...
In this theory, one can transition to a "massless" state (FCDM) under certain conditions.
https://arxiv.org/vc/physics/papers/0...
Mass can be related to entanglement bias or the squeezing out of the entropy field around the mass.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02269
Gravity as an unchanging contour
https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.02269