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Title: How Things Get Heavy: The Nature of Mass

Journal Article · · Physics Teacher
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1119/1.5003739 · OSTI ID:1439976

Here, physics can be a weighty subject, full of substance and gravitas. It is therefore perhaps entirely reasonable that a central topic of the discipline is mass. But what is mass, really? What is the origin and nature of this most essential feature of the world around us? And are there any surprises to be had as we dig deeper into that question? In this article, I hope to surprise every reader at least once.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1439976
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-17-477-PPD; 1632124; TRN: US1900709
Journal Information:
Physics Teacher, Vol. 55, Issue 7; ISSN 0031-921X
Publisher:
American Association of Physics TeachersCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English