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rest-mass energy

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rest-mass energy has definition The energy which a particle has even when it is at rest. According to the famous relation E = mc² of special relativity, this rest energy is equal to the rest mass of the particle-the mass it has when a rest-times the square of the speed of light. If the mass is in grams and the speed of light in centimeters per second (c = 2.998 × 10¹⁰ centimeters per second), then the energy is given in ergs. has source: Guth, A.H. 1997 The Inflationary Universe, Addison-Wesley, 2001-09-27 09:33:14.0
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rest-mass energy	has definition The energy which a particle has even when it is at rest. According to the famous relation E = mc² of special relativity, this rest energy is equal to the rest mass of the particle-the mass it has when a rest-times the square of the speed of light. If the mass is in grams and the speed of light in centimeters per second (c = 2.998 × 10¹⁰ centimeters per second), then the energy is given in ergs.
rest-mass energy	is a kind of energy
energy	has unit energy unit
number	has value