Abstract
The concept of electromagnetic mass was developed in the last half of the nineteenth century and has been studied till date from various approaches. Here we have discussed some of those approaches and later we have focused on the mass corresponding to the charge of an electron in the framework of the spinning sphere of electrons. It is shown how the charge and the mass contribute together to the total energy of electrons. The dependence of the charge and the mass on the velocity is also discussed.
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Authors are grateful to DAE-BRNS for the financial support in form of a major research project. Authors convey the gratitude to M. H. MacGregor for his useful discussions and suggestions. Authors are also thankful to Mayuri Devee, Saurav Bhattacharjee, Nayan Moni Nath, Nomita Baruah, Sayan Bayan, and Ankur Gogoi for useful discussions over the matter.
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Ghosh, S., Choudhury, A. & Sarma, J.K. Electromagnetic mass and charge of electrons at relativistic speed. Indian J Phys 87, 607–611 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-013-0254-z
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