The difference is not subtle, but it's the fault WL papers are not clear because they are dealing simultaneously with different subjects where the term "mass" has different meanings. I only realized that when I read a comment by another critic.
But I didn't understand your question... 2012/1/6 Alain Sepeda <alain.sep...@gmail.com> > thanks, > difference is subtle, and on wikipedia they even say that self-energy > include effective mass... > it is the same mass as the some heavy particle have because of Higgs > Boson, or the one nucleus have different from their nucleons members. right? > > > > 2012/1/6 Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> > >> That heavy mass electron in WL refers to its self-energy: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-energy >> >> Not to the mass in relation to the conduction band: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass_(solid-state_physics) >> > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
