Dear Colleagues,
Recently, one of my manuscript has been rejected from Chinese Physics C. The reviewer concluded that the given mass of an alpha particle
m=3727.379MeV/c^2 is wrong in my manuscript. It is very interesting because the referee does not know the difference between mass and mass energy. To satisfy him/her we rewrite the mass energy of the alpha particle
mc^2= 3727.379MeV.
Also we send them the link from the national institute of standards and technology as follows:
http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?malc2mev|search_for=alpha+mass
And after these two revisions, they give their final desicion as follows:
your manuscript does not meet the critical requirement of Chinese Physics C and is advised against publication.
and now please tell me
1) what is the mass of an alpha particle?
Best regards to all.