| 1. | The term invariant mass is also used in inelastic scattering experiments.
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| 2. | Invariant mass is usually applied in physics to unbound systems of particles.
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| 3. | Invariant mass or rest energy is important to understand.
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| 4. | The concept of invariant mass does not require bound systems of particles, however.
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| 5. | This minimum kinetic energy contributes to the invariant mass of the system as a whole.
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| 6. | In this case, invariant mass is positive and is referred to as the rest mass.
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| 7. | This is why the invariant mass is the same as the rest mass for single particles.
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| 8. | In this case, conservation of invariant mass of the system also will no longer hold.
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| 9. | For a particle of constant invariant mass " m " 0, this is equivalent to
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| 10. | The invariant mass is the relativistic mass of the system when viewed in the center of momentum frame.
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