What kind of energy is the mass?

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel interpretation of Einstein's E=mc^2, suggesting that rest energy arises from a special kind of motion at light speed, redefining mass as kinetic energy related to microscopic orbital motion.

Contribution

It introduces a new perspective that interprets rest energy as kinetic energy from a microscopic orbital motion, challenging the traditional view of mass as an intrinsic property.

Findings

Rest energy is interpreted as kinetic energy from special motion.

Mass is not intrinsic but related to microscopic orbital motion.

The model involves a characteristic length scale of the order of the Compton wavelength.

Abstract

In 1905, Einstein discovered the famous equation: E=mc^2, which means that the rest mass of a particle is some kind of energy. This energy is generally referred to as "rest energy", since the particle is believed to be at rest. This paper proposes a new interpretation to the term mc^2. Observing the similarity between the term mc^2 and the kinetic energy term mv^2/2, we propose to interpret mc^2 as being one term of kinetic energy. In other words we propose that, in the called "rest frame", the massive particles are not really at rest, but they are doing a special kind of motion at the light speed c. In this interpretation the "mass" is not an intrinsic property of the particle. The "mass" is simply the kinetic energy associated with this special kind of motion. The more important consequence of this hypothesis is that the term mc^2, present in the relativistic Hamiltonian, must be rewritten as: mc^2 => p_0 c, where p_0 = mc is the modulus of the instantaneous linear moment \vec{p}_0 associated with the special motion. We analyse a physical scenario in which this special motion is a Microscopic Orbital Circular Motion (MOCM). The characteristic length scale of the MOCM is of the order of the Compton wavelength of the particle.