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At 08:43 AM 4/8/01 -0500, Jack Uretsky wrote:
I never said that the question is trivial - I said that
it strikes me as a non-question because the answer depends upon the model
that one chooses.
OK, the answer to this question is model-dependent.
Now, is that the only objection to the question?
-- If that is not the only objection, would somebody please clarify what
the other objections might be?
-- If that is the only objection, then the converse of Jack's statement
must apply: If we knew what model to choose, then the alleged
"non-question" would suddenly become a valid question.
Dear List Members:plus
A question came up on another list concerning the possibility of
a
charged particle having a zero rest mass. It would seem that this would
be
impossible for several reasons, the most obvious being, that there is an
electromagnetic mass associated with a charged particle. Also Gluons
are
believed to have zero rest mass even though they carry a color charge,
neutrinos carry a weak charge and were once thought to be massless.Therefore
is the answer to this question conditioned on the range of the force
involved? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Bob Zannelli
PS Most theories beyond the standard model treats all particles as if
they
had zero rest mass. In fact it is the Higgs field breaking Chiral
Symmetry
that gives particles of the standard model their rest mass. Can this be
reconciled with the above?