RAD4921 Messages 346 Reaction score 1 Thread starter Dec 15, 2006 #1 I know photons have no mass but are there other particles that have no mass and if so can they travel at the speed of light? Thanks RAD Last edited: Dec 15, 2006
I know photons have no mass but are there other particles that have no mass and if so can they travel at the speed of light? Thanks RAD
mathman Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 8,130 Reaction score 575 Dec 15, 2006 #2 Gravitons (yet to be discovered?) and gluons (strong nuclear force carrier) have no mass. Gravitons travel at the speed of light. Gluons (in ordinary circumstances) exist inside nuclei, so they don't travel much.
Gravitons (yet to be discovered?) and gluons (strong nuclear force carrier) have no mass. Gravitons travel at the speed of light. Gluons (in ordinary circumstances) exist inside nuclei, so they don't travel much.
rbj Messages 2,222 Reaction score 11 Dec 16, 2006 #3 and, if they travel at speed, c, they got to have no rest mass (which is what we mean by "massless"). photons actually do have mass, namely: [tex]m = \frac{E}{c^2} = \frac{h \nu}{c^2}[/tex] just no "rest mass" a.k.a. "invariant mass".
and, if they travel at speed, c, they got to have no rest mass (which is what we mean by "massless"). photons actually do have mass, namely: [tex]m = \frac{E}{c^2} = \frac{h \nu}{c^2}[/tex] just no "rest mass" a.k.a. "invariant mass".