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Energy-momentum relation

The energy–momentum relation is an equation relating the total energy with any object's momentum and rest mass

 


Explanation

You can write the formula also as

where

    m0 Rest mass
    c Speed of light
    p Momentum

 


History

This relation was first established by British quantum physicist Paul Dirac in 1928.


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