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On the Emergent Origin of the Inertial Mass

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In the context of a particular framework of emergent quantum mechanics, it is argued the emergent origin of the inertial mass of a physical system. Two main consequences of the theory are discussed: an emergent interpretation of the law of inertia and a derivation of the energy-time uncertainty relation.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia

    Ricardo Gallego Torromé

  2. Instituto Universitario de Matemática Pura y Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022, Valencia, Spain

    J. M. Isidro & Pedro Fernández de Córdoba

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Torromé, R.G., Isidro, J.M. & de Córdoba, P.F. On the Emergent Origin of the Inertial Mass. Found Phys 53, 52 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-023-00689-8

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