Quartile Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) Can anyone explain why c is squared in energy mass equivalence? Other than "it works"? edit: In other terms maybe, why is energy in units of m^2/s^2 Edited October 10, 2008 by Quartile editing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timo Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 edit: In other terms maybe, why is energy in units of m^2/s^2 Did you mean kg m²/s² or does it already answer your question to tell you that there's a factor m (for mass), too? The units of relativistic energies are just the same as for non-relativisitc ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartile Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Right sorry I neglected to put the kg in there. I'm uncertain why the mathematical definition of energy involves these units and their corresponding physical meaning, especially with relationship to special relativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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