Can photons have mass and momentum?

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do the photons have mas?or just the momentum?or both??
 
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Photons have zero rest mass m=0. So the equation

E² = (mc²)² + (pc)²

relating energy E, rest mass m and momentum p reduces to

E = pc

Using Planck's constant h the energy E can be written in terms of frequency f as

E = hf
 
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