Is the E=hw Law for Photons Infallible?

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The discussion centers on the E=hw law, which defines the energy of photons in relation to their angular frequency. Participants question the infallibility of this relationship, particularly for low-energy photons, suggesting that it may not be as rigid as thermodynamic or Newtonian laws. The conversation highlights the distinction between E=hw as a relationship rather than a definitive law and mentions potential research into time-dependencies of Planck's constant (h). No substantial experiments contradicting E=hw were identified.

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Has anyone ever come across any experiments suggesting that the E=hw law for the energy of photons may require some correction, especially in the case of low energy photons ?
 
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E = homework is not a law, in the sense of thermodynamic laws or Newton's laws. E = homework is nothing more than a relationship between a massless particle's energy and the corresponding wave's angular frequency. There may be some research on time-dependencies of h, but I don't know of anything serious.
 

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