On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:50 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wrote: > >> >> What is it that is causing the proton in this model to vary in mass, and >> is the range of possible masses discrete or continuous? > > > I should anticipate one possible answer, which seems like a good explanation > -- a proton is not a point particle, like a photon, and it does not travel > at the speed of light. It has mass and it has a speed that is less than c. > So the mass will vary with its speed; when it is stationary it will have a > rest mass, and when it is travelling at relativistic velocities, it has a > larger mass. > > Assuming the above is true, and assuming your model of a proton having an > average mass is true, the question for me now becomes, is the (rest) mass a > continuous value or discrete across a range? > > Eric >
If a proton can "ring" like a bell, mass-energy equivalence would imply the proton's mass can vary with "pitch". Harry
