English

A Novel Concept for Mass as Complex-Mass towards Wave-particle Duality

General Physics 2012-02-28 v1

Abstract

In the present paper a new concept is introduced that: `mass is a complex quantity'. The concept of complex-mass suggests that the total mass M of a moving body is complex sum of: (i) the real-part (grain or rest) mass mgm_{g} establishing its particle behaviour and (ii) the imaginary-part mass mpm_{p} governing its wave properties. Mathematically, the complex mass M=mg+impM = m_{g} + im_{p}; the magnitude $\mid M \mid = (m_{g}^{2} + m_{p}^{2})^{{1/2}}. The theory proposed here explains successfully several effects such as `Compton effect' and `refraction of light' which could not be explained otherwise by a single theory of wave or particle. Also explained are `Doppler effect for light', `photo-electric effect', `Uncertainty principle', `Relativity' and `supersymmetry'

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1001.4647,
  title  = {A Novel Concept for Mass as Complex-Mass towards Wave-particle Duality},
  author = {R. C. Gupta and Anirudh Pradhan and Sushant Gupta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.4647},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

19 pages, 4 figures

R2 v1 2026-06-21T14:39:31.653Z