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Particle mass

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For a stable one-particle state, the invariant mass labels a Poincaré representation. Unstable resonances are characterized instead by a complex pole or a mass-and-width convention; composite masses include constituent, field, kinetic, and binding contributions.

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Poincaré symmetryParticle mass

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For a stable one-particle sector, mass is fixed by the Poincaré energy–momentum Casimir; unstable resonances are not exact asymptotic one-particle representations.

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Yukawa interactionParticle mass

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After electroweak symmetry breaking, Yukawa matrices times the Higgs vacuum expectation value determine charged-fermion mass matrices. Minimal Standard Model neutrinos remain massless.

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A theory, law, or interaction describes the behavior of the target within a stated regime. The edge detail must state important limits or qualifications.

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