Nuclear scientist Interview Question:

Tell me what Is Meant By The Rest Mass Energy Of An Electron?

Submitted by: Muhammad

According to the Einstein's Theory of Relativity, the mass of a body (say a particle) depends on the energy and on the momentum (say the velocity) with which the particle moves.

So, we have a problem: is there a mass value that every observers can relate to? Yes: is the rest mass, that is the mass you could measure in a frame of reference co-moving with the particle (in which the particle is still), that is the center-of-mass frame and that coincide with the minimum value measurable for every observers.
Submitted by: Muhammad