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The development of our concepts of quantum field theory especially in the version of local gauge theories has brought about a tremendous success in predicting and explaining experimental facts. As a sideeffect, our understanding of the notion of mass has undergone dramatic changes. Since this is not accompanied by a change in experimental predictions or empirical notions, it is progress in a field which might be considered on the borderline of physics and philosophy of nature.
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Dedicated to Prof. G. Marx on his 60th birthday
Supported in part by “Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich”, Project Nr. 5444.
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Pietschmann, H. Progress in our notion of mass. Acta Physica Hungarica 64, 7–13 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03158514
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