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<B>MASS</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>command</B><P>
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The <em>mass</em> command associates a scalar variable as a mass with 
the corresponding vector variable, in high-energy physics calculations. 
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syntax: </H3>
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<em>mass</em>&lt;vector-var&gt;<em>=</em>&lt;scalar-var&gt; 
{,&lt;vector-var&gt;<em>=</em>&lt;scalar-var&gt;}* 
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&lt;vector-var&gt; can be a declared vector variable; <em>mass</em> will declare
 
it to be of type <em>vector</em> if it is not. This may override an existing 
matrix variable by that name. &lt;scalar-var&gt; must be a scalar variable. 
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vector bb,cc; 

mass cc=m; 

mshell cc; 

cc.cc; 

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</TT></PRE><P>Once a mass has been attached to a vector with a <em>mass</em> dec
laration, 
the 
<A HREF=r37_0414.html>mshell</A> declaration puts the associated particle ``on t
he mass 
shell.'' Subsequent scalar (.) products of the vector with itself will be 
replaced by the square of the mass expression. 
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