Английская Википедия:Energy–momentum relation

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Шаблон:Short description In physics, the energy–momentum relation, or relativistic dispersion relation, is the relativistic equation relating total energy (which is also called relativistic energy) to invariant mass (which is also called rest mass) and momentum. It is the extension of mass–energy equivalence for bodies or systems with non-zero momentum. It can be written as the following equation: Шаблон:NumBlk This equation holds for a body or system, such as one or more particles, with total energy Шаблон:Math, invariant mass Шаблон:Math, and momentum of magnitude Шаблон:Math; the constant Шаблон:Math is the speed of light. It assumes the special relativity case of flat spacetime and that the particles are free. Total energy is the sum of rest energy and kinetic energy, while invariant mass is mass measured in a center-of-momentum frame.

For bodies or systems with zero momentum, it simplifies to the mass–energy equation <math> E = m_0 \textrm c^2</math>, where total energy in this case is equal to rest energy (also written as Шаблон:Math).

The Dirac sea model, which was used to predict the existence of antimatter, is closely related to the energy–momentum relation.

Connection to Шаблон:Math

Файл:Einstein-triangle-kinetic-energy.svg

Einstein Triangle

The energy–momentum relation is consistent with the familiar mass–energy relation in both its interpretations: Шаблон:Math relates total energy Шаблон:Math to the (total) relativistic mass Шаблон:Math (alternatively denoted Шаблон:Math or Шаблон:Math ), while Шаблон:Math relates rest energy Шаблон:Math to (invariant) rest mass Шаблон:Math.

Unlike either of those equations, the energy–momentum equation (Шаблон:EquationNote) relates the total energy to the rest mass Шаблон:Math. All three equations hold true simultaneously.

Special cases

1. If the body is a massless particle (Шаблон:Math), then (Шаблон:EquationNote) reduces to Шаблон:Math. For photons, this is the relation, discovered in 19th century classical electromagnetism, between radiant momentum (causing radiation pressure) and radiant energy.
2. If the body's speed Шаблон:Math is much less than Шаблон:Math, then (Шаблон:EquationNote) reduces to Шаблон:Math; that is, the body's total energy is simply its classical kinetic energy (Шаблон:Math) plus its rest energy.
3. If the body is at rest (Шаблон:Math), i.e. in its center-of-momentum frame (Шаблон:Math), we have Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math; thus the energy–momentum relation and both forms of the mass–energy relation (mentioned above) all become the same.

A more general form of relation (Шаблон:EquationNote) holds for general relativity.

The invariant mass (or rest mass) is an invariant for all frames of reference (hence the name), not just in inertial frames in flat spacetime, but also accelerated frames traveling through curved spacetime (see below). However the total energy of the particle Шаблон:Math and its relativistic momentum Шаблон:Math are frame-dependent; relative motion between two frames causes the observers in those frames to measure different values of the particle's energy and momentum; one frame measures Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math, while the other frame measures Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math, where Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math, unless there is no relative motion between observers, in which case each observer measures the same energy and momenta. Although we still have, in flat spacetime:

<math>{E'}^2 - \left(p'c\right)^2 = \left(m_0 c^2\right)^2\,.</math>

The quantities Шаблон:Math, Шаблон:Math, Шаблон:Math, Шаблон:Math are all related by a Lorentz transformation. The relation allows one to sidestep Lorentz transformations when determining only the magnitudes of the energy and momenta by equating the relations in the different frames. Again in flat spacetime, this translates to;

<math>{E}^2 - \left(pc\right)^2 = {E'}^2 - \left(p'c\right)^2 = \left(m_0 c^2\right)^2\,.</math>

Since Шаблон:Math does not change from frame to frame, the energy–momentum relation is used in relativistic mechanics and particle physics calculations, as energy and momentum are given in a particle's rest frame (that is, Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math as an observer moving with the particle would conclude to be) and measured in the lab frame (i.e. Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math as determined by particle physicists in a lab, and not moving with the particles).

In relativistic quantum mechanics, it is the basis for constructing relativistic wave equations, since if the relativistic wave equation describing the particle is consistent with this equation – it is consistent with relativistic mechanics, and is Lorentz invariant. In relativistic quantum field theory, it is applicable to all particles and fields.

Origins and derivation of the equation

The energy–momentum relation goes back to Max Planck's article published in 1906. It was used by Walter Gordon in 1926 and then by Paul Dirac in 1928 under the form <math display="inline">E=\sqrt{c^2p^2+(m_0c^2)^2} + V</math>, where V is the amount of potential energy.

The equation can be derived in a number of ways, two of the simplest include:

1. From the relativistic dynamics of a massive particle,
2. By evaluating the norm of the four-momentum of the system. This method applies to both massive and massless particles, and can be extended to multi-particle systems with relatively little effort (see Шаблон:Section link below).

Heuristic approach for massive particles

For a massive object moving at three-velocity Шаблон:Math with magnitude Шаблон:Math in the lab frame:

<math>E=\gamma_{(\mathbf{u})}m_0c^2</math>

is the total energy of the moving object in the lab frame,

<math>\mathbf{p} = \gamma_{(\mathbf{u})} m_0\mathbf{u}</math>

is the three dimensional relativistic momentum of the object in the lab frame with magnitude Шаблон:Math. The relativistic energy Шаблон:Math and momentum Шаблон:Math include the Lorentz factor defined by:

<math>\gamma_{(\mathbf{u})} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{\mathbf{u} \cdot \mathbf{u}}{c^2}}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \left(\frac{u}{c}\right)^2}} </math>

Some authors use relativistic mass defined by:

<math>m = \gamma_{(\mathbf{u})} m_0</math>

although rest mass Шаблон:Math has a more fundamental significance, and will be used primarily over relativistic mass Шаблон:Math in this article.

Squaring the 3-momentum gives:

<math>p^2 = \mathbf{p}\cdot\mathbf{p} = \frac{m_0^2 \mathbf{u}\cdot \mathbf{u}}{1 - \frac{\mathbf{u} \cdot \mathbf{u}}{c^2}} = \frac{m_0^2 u^2}{1 - \left(\frac{u}{c}\right)^2}</math>

then solving for Шаблон:Math and substituting into the Lorentz factor one obtains its alternative form in terms of 3-momentum and mass, rather than 3-velocity:

<math>\gamma = \sqrt{1 + \left(\frac{p}{m_0 c}\right)^2}</math>

Inserting this form of the Lorentz factor into the energy equation gives:

<math>E = m_0c^2\sqrt{1 + \left(\frac{p}{m_0 c}\right)^2}</math>

followed by more rearrangement it yields (Шаблон:EquationRef). The elimination of the Lorentz factor also eliminates implicit velocity dependence of the particle in (Шаблон:EquationRef), as well as any inferences to the "relativistic mass" of a massive particle. This approach is not general as massless particles are not considered. Naively setting Шаблон:Math would mean that Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math and no energy–momentum relation could be derived, which is not correct.

Norm of the four-momentum

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The energy and momentum of an object measured in two inertial frames in energy–momentum space – the yellow frame measures Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math while the blue frame measures Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math. The green arrow is the four-momentum Шаблон:Math of an object with length proportional to its rest mass Шаблон:Math. The green frame is the centre-of-momentum frame for the object with energy equal to the rest energy. The hyperbolae show the Lorentz transformation from one frame to another is a hyperbolic rotation, and Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Nowrap are the rapidities of the blue and green frames, respectively.

Special relativity

In Minkowski space, energy (divided by Шаблон:Math) and momentum are two components of a Minkowski four-vector, namely the four-momentum;

<math>\mathbf{P} = \left(\frac{E}{c}, \mathbf{p}\right)\,,</math>

(these are the contravariant components).

The Minkowski inner product Шаблон:Math of this vector with itself gives the square of the norm of this vector, it is proportional to the square of the rest mass Шаблон:Math of the body:

<math>\left\langle\mathbf{P}, \mathbf{P}\right\rangle = |\mathbf{P}|^2 = \left(m_0 c\right)^2\,,</math>

a Lorentz invariant quantity, and therefore independent of the frame of reference. Using the Minkowski metric Шаблон:Math with metric signature Шаблон:Math, the inner product is

<math>\left\langle\mathbf{P},\mathbf{P}\right\rangle = |\mathbf{P}|^2 = - \left(m_0 c\right)^2\,,</math>

and

<math>

 \left\langle\mathbf{P},\mathbf{P}\right\rangle =
 P^\alpha\eta_{\alpha\beta}P^\beta =
 \begin{pmatrix}
   \frac{E}{c} & p_x & p_y & p_z
 \end{pmatrix}
 \begin{pmatrix}
   -1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\
    0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\
    0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\
    0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\
 \end{pmatrix}
 \begin{pmatrix}
   \frac{E}{c} \\ p_x \\ p_y \\ p_z 
 \end{pmatrix} =
 -\left(\frac{E}{c}\right)^2 + p^2\,,

</math>

so

<math>-\left(m_0 c\right)^2 = -\left(\frac{E}{c}\right)^2 + p^2</math>

or, in natural units where Шаблон:Math = 1,

<math>|\mathbf{P}|^2 + (m_0)^2=0</math>.

General relativity

In general relativity, the 4-momentum is a four-vector defined in a local coordinate frame, although by definition the inner product is similar to that of special relativity,

<math>\left\langle\mathbf{P},\mathbf{P}\right\rangle = |\mathbf{P}|^2 = \left(m_0 c\right)^2\,,</math>

in which the Minkowski metric Шаблон:Math is replaced by the metric tensor field Шаблон:Math:

<math>\left\langle\mathbf{P}, \mathbf{P}\right\rangle = |\mathbf{P}|^2 = P^\alpha g_{\alpha\beta}P^\beta \,,</math>

solved from the Einstein field equations. Then:

<math>P^\alpha g_{\alpha\beta}P^\beta = \left(m_0 c\right)^2\,.</math>

Performing the summations over indices followed by collecting "time-like", "spacetime-like", and "space-like" terms gives:

<math>\underbrace{g_{00}{\left(P^0\right)}^2}_{\text{time-like}} + 2 \underbrace{g_{0i}P^0 P^i}_{\text{spacetime-like}} + \underbrace{g_{ij}P^i P^j}_{\text{space-like}} = \left(m_0 c\right)^2\,.</math>

where the factor of 2 arises because the metric is a symmetric tensor, and the convention of Latin indices Шаблон:Math taking space-like values 1, 2, 3 is used. As each component of the metric has space and time dependence in general; this is significantly more complicated than the formula quoted at the beginning, see metric tensor (general relativity) for more information.

Units of energy, mass and momentum

In natural units where Шаблон:Math, the energy–momentum equation reduces to

<math>E^2 = p^2 + m_0^2 \,.</math>

In particle physics, energy is typically given in units of electron volts (eV), momentum in units of eV·Шаблон:Math⁻¹, and mass in units of eV·Шаблон:Math⁻². In electromagnetism, and because of relativistic invariance, it is useful to have the electric field Шаблон:Math and the magnetic field Шаблон:Math in the same unit (Gauss), using the cgs (Gaussian) system of units, where energy is given in units of erg, mass in grams (g), and momentum in g·cm·s⁻¹.

Energy may also in theory be expressed in units of grams, though in practice it requires a large amount of energy to be equivalent to masses in this range. For example, the first atomic bomb liberated about 1 gram of heat, and the largest thermonuclear bombs have generated a kilogram or more of heat. Energies of thermonuclear bombs are usually given in tens of kilotons and megatons referring to the energy liberated by exploding that amount of trinitrotoluene (TNT).

Special cases

Centre-of-momentum frame (one particle)

Шаблон:See also For a body in its rest frame, the momentum is zero, so the equation simplifies to

<math> E_0 = m_0 c^2 \,,</math>

where Шаблон:Math is the rest mass of the body.

Massless particles

If the object is massless, as is the case for a photon, then the equation reduces to

<math> E = pc \,.</math>

This is a useful simplification. It can be rewritten in other ways using the de Broglie relations:

<math> E = \frac{hc}{\lambda} = \hbar c k \,.</math>

if the wavelength Шаблон:Math or wavenumber Шаблон:Math are given.

Correspondence principle

Rewriting the relation for massive particles as:

<math>E = m_0 c^2 \sqrt{1 + \left(\frac{p}{m_0c}\right)^2}\,,</math>

and expanding into power series by the binomial theorem (or a Taylor series):

<math>E = m_0 c^2 \left[1 + \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{p}{m_0c}\right)^2 - \frac{1}{8}\left(\frac{p}{m_0c}\right)^4 + \cdots \right]\,,</math>

in the limit that Шаблон:Math, we have Шаблон:Math so the momentum has the classical form Шаблон:Math, then to first order in Шаблон:Math (i.e. retain the term Шаблон:Math for Шаблон:Math and neglect all terms for Шаблон:Math) we have

<math>E \approx m_0 c^2 \left[1 + \frac{1}{2}\left(\frac{m_0u}{m_0c}\right)^2 \right]\,,</math>

or

<math>E \approx m_0 c^2 + \frac{1}{2} m_0 u^2 \,,</math>

where the second term is the classical kinetic energy, and the first is the rest energy of the particle. This approximation is not valid for massless particles, since the expansion required the division of momentum by mass. Incidentally, there are no massless particles in classical mechanics.

Many-particle systems

Addition of four momenta

In the case of many particles with relativistic momenta Шаблон:Math and energy Шаблон:Math, where Шаблон:Math (up to the total number of particles) simply labels the particles, as measured in a particular frame, the four-momenta in this frame can be added;

<math>\sum_n \mathbf{P}_n = \sum_n \left(\frac{E_n}{c} , \mathbf{p}_n\right) = \left( \sum_n \frac{E_n}{c}, \sum_n \mathbf{p}_n \right)\,,</math>

and then take the norm; to obtain the relation for a many particle system:

<math>\left|\left(\sum_n \mathbf{P}_n \right)\right|^2 = \left(\sum_n \frac{E_n}{c}\right)^2 - \left(\sum_n \mathbf{p}_n\right)^2 = \left(M_0 c\right)^2\,,</math>

where Шаблон:Math is the invariant mass of the whole system, and is not equal to the sum of the rest masses of the particles unless all particles are at rest (see mass in special relativity for more detail). Substituting and rearranging gives the generalization of (Шаблон:EquationNote);

The energies and momenta in the equation are all frame-dependent, while Шаблон:Math is frame-independent.

Center-of-momentum frame

In the center-of-momentum frame (COM frame), by definition we have:

<math>\sum_n \mathbf{p}_n = \boldsymbol{0}\,,</math>

with the implication from (Шаблон:EquationNote) that the invariant mass is also the centre of momentum (COM) mass–energy, aside from the Шаблон:Math factor:

<math>\left(\sum_n E_n \right)^2 = \left(M_0 c^2\right)^2 \Rightarrow \sum_n E_{\mathrm{COM}\,n} = E_\mathrm{COM} = M_0 c^2 \,,</math>

and this is true for all frames since Шаблон:Math is frame-independent. The energies Шаблон:Math are those in the COM frame, not the lab frame. However, many familiar bound systems have the lab frame as COM frame, since the system itself is not in motion and so the momenta all cancel to zero. An example would be a simple object (where vibrational momenta of atoms cancel) or a container of gas where the container is at rest. In such systems, all the energies of the system are measured as mass. For example the heat in an object on a scale, or the total of kinetic energies in a container of gas on the scale, all are measured by the scale as the mass of the system.

Rest masses and the invariant mass

Either the energies or momenta of the particles, as measured in some frame, can be eliminated using the energy momentum relation for each particle:

<math>E^2_n - \left(\mathbf{p}_n c\right)^2 = \left(m_n c^2\right)^2 \,,</math>

allowing Шаблон:Math to be expressed in terms of the energies and rest masses, or momenta and rest masses. In a particular frame, the squares of sums can be rewritten as sums of squares (and products):

<math>

  \left(\sum_n E_n \right)^2 =
  \left(\sum_n E_n \right)\left(\sum_k E_k \right) =
    \sum_{n,k} E_n E_k =
   2\sum_{n<k} E_n E_k + \sum_n E_n^2\,,

</math>

<math>

 \left(\sum_n \mathbf{p}_n \right)^2 =
 \left(\sum_n \mathbf{p}_n \right)\cdot\left(\sum_k \mathbf{p}_k \right) =
   \sum_{n,k} \mathbf{p}_n \cdot \mathbf{p}_k =
  2\sum_{n<k} \mathbf{p}_n \cdot \mathbf{p}_k + \sum_{n}\mathbf{p}_n^2\,,

</math>

so substituting the sums, we can introduce their rest masses Шаблон:Math in (Шаблон:EquationNote):

<math> \sum_n \left(m_n c^2\right)^2 + 2\sum_{n<k}\left(E_n E_k - c^2 \mathbf{p}_n \cdot \mathbf{p}_k\right) = \left(M_0 c^2\right)^2 \,.</math>

The energies can be eliminated by:

<math>E_n = \sqrt{\left(\mathbf{p}_n c\right)^2 + \left(m_n c^2\right)^2} \,,\quad E_k = \sqrt{\left(\mathbf{p}_k c\right)^2 + \left(m_k c^2\right)^2} \,,</math>

similarly the momenta can be eliminated by:

<math>

 \mathbf{p}_n \cdot \mathbf{p}_k =
 \left|\mathbf{p}_n\right|\left|\mathbf{p}_k\right| \cos\theta_{nk}\,,\quad |\mathbf{p}_n| =
 \frac{1}{c}\sqrt{E_n^2 - \left(m_n c^2\right)^2}\,,\quad |\mathbf{p}_k| =
 \frac{1}{c}\sqrt{E_k^2 - \left(m_k c^2\right)^2}\,,

</math>

where Шаблон:Math is the angle between the momentum vectors Шаблон:Math and Шаблон:Math.

Rearranging:

<math> \left(M_0 c^2\right)^2 -\sum_n \left(m_n c^2\right)^2 = 2\sum_{n<k}\left(E_n E_k - c^2 \mathbf{p}_n \cdot \mathbf{p}_k\right) \,.</math>

Since the invariant mass of the system and the rest masses of each particle are frame-independent, the right hand side is also an invariant (even though the energies and momenta are all measured in a particular frame).

Matter waves

Using the de Broglie relations for energy and momentum for matter waves,

<math>E = \hbar \omega \,, \quad \mathbf{p} = \hbar\mathbf{k}\,,</math>

where Шаблон:Math is the angular frequency and Шаблон:Math is the wavevector with magnitude Шаблон:Math, equal to the wave number, the energy–momentum relation can be expressed in terms of wave quantities:

<math>\left(\hbar\omega\right)^2 = \left(c \hbar k\right)^2 + \left(m_0 c^2\right)^2 \,,</math>

and tidying up by dividing by Шаблон:Math throughout: Шаблон:NumBlk

This can also be derived from the magnitude of the four-wavevector

<math>\mathbf{K} = \left(\frac{\omega}{c}, \mathbf{k}\right)\,,</math>

in a similar way to the four-momentum above.

Since the reduced Planck constant Шаблон:Math and the speed of light Шаблон:Math both appear and clutter this equation, this is where natural units are especially helpful. Normalizing them so that Шаблон:Math, we have:

<math>\omega^2 = k^2 + m_0^2 \,.</math>

Tachyon and exotic matter

Шаблон:Main article The velocity of a bradyon with the relativistic energy–momentum relation

<math>E^2 = p^2 c^2 + m_0^2 c^4\,.</math>

can never exceed Шаблон:Math. On the contrary, it is always greater than Шаблон:Math for a tachyon whose energy–momentum equation is

<math>E^2 = p^2 c^2 - m_0^2 c^4\,.</math>

By contrast, the hypothetical exotic matter has a negative mass and the energy–momentum equation is

<math>E^2 = -p^2 c^2 + m_0^2 c^4\,.</math>

See also

• Mass–energy equivalence
• Four-momentum
• Mass in special relativity

References

• Шаблон:Cite book
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