The concept of relativistic mass can be understood as an effective mass. The original equation, m′ = m₀/√{1 - (v²/c²)} - m₀, is analysed within the context of special relativity, revealing that m′ takes on an energetic form due to its dependence on the Lorentz factor. The unit of m′, denoted in Joules (J), emphasizes its nature as an energetic quantity. The brief connection between relativistic mass (m′) and m′ being equivalent to an effective mass (mᵉᶠᶠ) highlights the distinctions between relativistic mass and rest mass (m₀), as m′ is not considered an invariant mass. To illustrate this, a practical example involving an 'effective mass' of 0.001 kg (mᵉᶠᶠ = 0.001kg) demonstrates the application of E = m′c², resulting in an actual energy of 9 × 10¹³ J. This uncovers the effective energy as a function of relativistic mass within the framework of special relativity.
Certainly the concept of mass (m') is not an invariant, as soon as the velocity, is the velocity of light, mass becomes energy, what means that energy is the real fundamental one in the universe, not mass; as a matter of fact, it means that it is the electromagnetic field the real fundamental field, not the gravitational field, as Einstein supposed in the generalization of relativity, when he wrote:
"Thus, according to the general theory of relativity, gravitation occupies an exceptional position with regard to other forces, particularly the electromagnetic force, since the ten functions representing the gravitational field at the same time define the metrical properties of the space measured".
This is really the great drawback of GR, as Einstein used for it Tensor Analysis, and as so the ten functions, in which time was assimilated to a space dimension, and as so, reality was conceived as a universe of ten dimensions, that took us to some sort of metaphysics in the same domain of Science, and as so the Great Crisis of Physics of the XX century was born.
Do you really think sunlight with most infinite frequencies and massive wavelength and visible /invisible characters in nature has constant speed?
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Certainly according to this equation, (m′ = m₀/√{1 - (v²/c²)} - m₀), mass becomes infinite when v = c; I just wonder, what became Protons, in the CERN experiments associated with the Higgs particles?
It is expected that the proton becomes a singularity when its v =c, or just it becomes another form of energy?
In the same way a Black Hole must become another form of energy when its mass is so compressed that it explodes?
Certainly this is field of physics that does not have clear answers in these questions, just supposition ...
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