Energ y and Mass

in Relativity Theory

Lev B Okun
A I Alikhanov Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

World Scientific
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Contents

Preface

1. On the Photon Mass 1

Written together with I. Yu. Kobzarev,
Soviet Physics Uspekhi 11 (1968) 338-341.

2. Mass, Energy, and Momentum in Einstein's Mechanics 5

a, 0,7 Z. A Primer in Particle Physics
(Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987), pp. 9-13.

3. The Concept of Mass 11

Physics Today, June 1989, pp. 31-36.

4. Putting to Rest Mass Misconceptions 17

Reply to Letters of W. Rindler, M. A. Vandyck, P. Murugesan,
S. Ruschin and C. Sauter, Physics Today, May 1990, pp. 13, 115, 117.

5. The Concept of Mass (Mass, Energy, Relativity) 27

Soviet Physics Uspekhi 32 (1989) 629-638.

6. The Fundamental Constants of Physics 37

Soviet Physics Uspekhi 34 (1991) 818-826.

7. The Problem of Mass: from Galilei to Higgs 47

Physics of the Highest Energy and Luminosity: To Understand
the Origin of Mass, ed. A. Zichichi (Plenum Press, New York,
1992), pp. 1-24.

8. Vacua, Vacuum: Physics of Nothing 71

Proc. of a NATO Advances Research Workshop an the History
of Original Ideas and Basic Discoveries in Particle Physics,
Erice, Italy, July 27—August 4, 1994,
eds. H. B. Newman and T. Ypsilantis (Plenum Press, New York,
1995), pp. 67-72.
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9. Note on the Meaning and Terminology of Special Relativity 77

Eur. J. Phys. 15 (1998) 403-406.

10. On Relativistic Apple: 81

Exchange of Letters with M. R. Kleemans in August 1998

11. Current Status of Elementary Particle Physics 85

Physics-Uspekhi 41 (1998) 553-557.

12. Gravitation, Photons, Clocks 91

Written together with K. G. Selivanov and V. L. Telegdi,
Physics-Uspekhi 42 (1999) 1045-1050.

13. On the Interpretation of the Redshift in a Static Gravitational Field 97

Written together with K. G. Selivanov and V. L. Telegdi,
Am. J. Phys. 68 (2000) 115-119.

14. Photons and Static Gravity 103

Mod. Phys. Lett. A 15 (2000) 1941-1947.

15. A Thought Experiment with Clocks in Static Gravity 111

Mod. Phys. Lett. A 15 (2000) 2007-2009.

16. Relation between Energy and Mass in Bohr's Essay on 115

His Debate with Einstein
Physics of Atomic Nuclei 64 (2001) 536-539.

17. Trialogue on the Number of Fundamental Constants 119

Written together with M. J. Duff and G. Veneziano,
J. High Energy Phys. 0203 (2002) 023-053.

18. Photons, Clocks, Gravity and the Concept of Mass 151

Nucl. Phys. B (Proc. Suppl.) 110 (2002) 151-155.

19. Spacetime and Vacuum as seen from Moscow 157

Proc. of the Inaugural Conf. of the Michigan Center for Theoretical
Physics "2001: A Spacetime Odyssey", Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
USA, 21-25 May 2001, eds. M. J. Duff and J. T. Liu
(World Scientific, 2002), pp. 105-118.

20. Critical Velocities c/Vä and c/ in General Theory of Relativity 171

Written together with S. I. Blinnikov and M. I. Vysotsky,
Physics-Uspekhi 46 (2003) 1099-1103.
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21. Fundamental Units: Physics and Metrology 177

Astrophysics, Clocks and Fundamental Constants,
eds. S. G. Karshenboim and E. Peik, Lect. Notes Phys. 648
(Springer, Berlin Heidelberg, 2004), pp. 57-74.

22. The Virus of Relativistic Mass in the Year of Physics 195

Gribov Memorial Volume "Quarks, Hadrons and Strong
Interactions: Proc. of the Memorial Workshop Devoted to the
75th Birthday of V. N. Gribov, Budapest, Hungary, 22-24 May 2005,
eds. Yu. L. Dokshitzer, P. Levai and J. Nyiri (World Scientific, 2006),
pp. 470-473.

23. The Concept of Mass in the Einstein Year 199

Proc. of the 12th Lomonosov Conf. on Elementary Particle Physics
"Particle Physics at the Year of 250th Anniversary of Moscow
University", ed. A. I. Studenikin (World Scientific, 2005), pp. 1-15.

24. Photons: History, Mass, Charge 215

The Photon: Its Hundred Years and the Future. Part I.
Acta Physica Polonica B 37 (2006) 565-573.

25. Formula E = mc 2 in the Year of Physics 225

The Photon: Its Hundred Years and the Future. Part II.
Acta Physica Polonica B 37 (2006) 1327-1332.

26. Mirror Particles and Mirror Matter: 50 Years of Speculation 231

and Search
Physics—Uspekhi 50 (2007) 380-389.

27. The Impact of the Sakata Model 241

Proc. of the Intern. Symposium "The Jubilee of the Sakata Model",
Nagoya Univ., Japan, 24-25 December, 2006
eds. M. Harada, Y. Ohnuki, S. Sawada and K. Yamawaki,
Progr. of Theor. Phys. Suppl. 167 (2007) 163-174.

28. The Evolution of the Concepts of Energy, Momentum, and 253

Mass from Newton and Lomonosov to Einstein and Feynman
Proc. of the 13th Lomonosov Conference on Elementary
Particle Physics, 23 August 2007, Moscow State University,
ed. A. I. Studenikin (World Scientific, 2008), pp. 20-35.

29. The Einstein Formula: E0 = mc 2 . "Isn't the Lord Laughing?" 269

Physics—Uspekhi 178 (2008) 513-527; arXiv:0808.0437
30. The Theory of Relativity and the Pythagorean Theorem 285
Physics-Uspekhi 178 (2008) 622-631; arXiv:0809.2379

Name Index 305