Dual origin of E=mc2

2006/08/29 by Jean-Paul Auffray, Auffray, Jean-Paul
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0608289

5 pages

arxiv created 2006/08/29 · openalex publication_date 2006/08/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The mass-energy relation E=mc2 has a dual origin, one grounded in the postulate of the existence of an aether made of "ultramondane particules" moving in space at the speed of light, c; the other, a consequence, first deduced by Henri Poincare, of John Poynting's electromagnetic Theorem.

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