mysteriously Messages 12 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Aug 20, 2012 #1 do the photons have mas?or just the momentum?or both??
tom.stoer Science Advisor Messages 5,774 Reaction score 174 Aug 20, 2012 #2 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
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