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Subject: Re: What composes the mass of an electron?
From: nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder)
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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 15:45:42 +0100
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kinak <kin@mob.net.inv> wrote:

> Ross Finlayson wrote:
> > On 11/05/2024 09:49 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> >> On 11/03/2024 11:53 PM, Thomas Heger wrote:
> >>> Am Sonntag000003, 03.11.2024 um 18:28 schrieb Ross Finlayson:
> >>>> On 11/02/2024 11:19 PM, Thomas Heger wrote:
> >>>>> Am Samstag000002, 02.11.2024 um 01:39 schrieb Ross Finlayson:
> >>>>>> On 11/01/2024 11:13 AM, rhertz wrote:
> >>>>>>> A definition of mass, as found in Google:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter or substance in an
> >>>>>>> object.
> >>>>>>> It's the total amount of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an
> >>>>>>> object."
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It's "accepted" since the 60s that protons and neutrons are not
> >>>>>>> elementary particles anymore. As stated in the Standard Model of
> >>>>>>> Elementary Particles, protons and neutrons are composed of quarks,
> >>>>>>> with
> >>>>>>> different flavors.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> https://www.quantumdiaries.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2000px-
> >>>>>>> Standard_Model_of_Elementary_Particles.svg_.jpg
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> But electrons are thought as elementary particles, so they can't be
> >>>>>>> formed by a collection of other elementary particles. Even quarks
> >>>>>>> are
> >>>>>>> currently thought as working together with elementary gluons (QCD,
> >>>>>>> Gauge
> >>>>>>> Bossons).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> So, what is THE MATTER that electrons contain?
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> Its energy?

Merely calling the same thing by another name
is not going to help,

Jan