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Why can't photons be the same as energy? How are they different?
Energy is a property of a particle/system. Saying photons are energy is like saying electrons are charge.Why can't photons be the same as energy? How are they different?
If photons have momentum, when an electron captures a photon, does it make any difference in the electrons energy or path after capture depending on the direction the photon was traveling before it was captured by the electron?
If photons have momentum, when an electron captures a photon, does it make any difference in the electrons energy or path after capture depending on the direction the photon was traveling before it was captured by the electron?
A man called Heisenberg asked that around a century earlier. He was never certain as to what would happen.
In the analysis of Compton Scattering, the photon is assumed to be a particle that has a momentum determined by the de Broglie hypothesis.If it's unknown, then why do so many people state that photons have momentum? Is there any other way that photons could exhibit momentum properties?
Yes. Energy and momentum are conserved.If photons have momentum, when an electron captures a photon, does it make any difference in the electrons energy or path after capture depending on the direction the photon was traveling before it was captured by the electron?