Massatason

Massatason is a fictional physical quantity used in speculative physics and science fiction to describe a hypothetical coupling between a system's mass and an additional field called the tason. In this framework, massatason is treated as a dimensionless parameter that governs how quickly the rest mass of matter could change in response to external energy flux.

By convention, a massatason value of zero implies no mass change; positive values imply mass increase with energy input, negative values imply mass loss. The massatason dynamics are described by a simple proportionality between the rate of mass change and the incident energy flux, scaled by the massatason coefficient and a characteristic energy scale.

Origin and reception: The term massatason was introduced in a 22nd-century fictional theory proposed by authors L. Massato and R. Son. It is not supported by experimental evidence and is not part of mainstream physics.

In fiction and education: The concept is used to illustrate ideas about variable-mass systems, energy-mass duality, and the limits of current physics; it serves as a vehicle to discuss measurement challenges and theoretical models.

See also: mass–energy equivalence, variable-mass systems, speculative physics, science fiction.