Photon interaction with gravity.

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The discussion centers on the Pound-Rebka experiment, which illustrates that photons interact with gravity, evidenced by their redshift when measured at different heights. Participants question how massless and chargeless photons can be influenced by gravity, traditionally associated with massive objects. The conversation highlights the implications of gravitational effects on photon frequency as a result of varying clock rates at different elevations.

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I read this week in Schutz's description of Pound-Rebka experiment, which demonstrate that a photon also interacts with gravity, i.e measuring its redshift.

My question, is more from particle physics, I mean a photon is the interaction carrier of EM, its chargeless and massles, so how can it be affected by gravity which acts usually on objects which have mass?

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MathematicalPhysicist said:
I read this week in Schutz's description of Pound-Rebka experiment, which demonstrate that a photon also interacts with gravity, i.e measuring its redshift.
Stationary clocks do not run at the same rate at different heights so then obviously measured frequencies are different as well. So how can we say it is instead the photons that change?
 

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