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😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 😳 Photons moving at full speed toddverrone So now I’m confused. Photons are the carriers of EM waves, so if we’re talking about an EM radiation with wavelengths 3 - 25 mm, how are the photons at rest? They’re obviously not at rest. But seeing them *at rest* is the only way you can see them, no? pop quiz: if photons have zero rest mass, Mo, does that mean they have mass when they’re moving? If so, how can they have mass when they’re moving at light speed? |
toddverrone, It is indeed possible to see photons in motion. This new technology will explain it for you. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-12/trillion-frame-second-camera-captures-photons-moving-through-space-slow-mo You asked, "if photons have zero rest mass, Mo, does that mean they have mass when they’re moving? What logic leads you to ask this? If photons have no mass that means they have no mass under all conditions. They do not suddenly acquire mass then magically lose that mass. This defies logic -- unless there are laws at work of which I am unaware. |
Sabai wrote, "...unless there are laws of physics of which I am unaware." Bingo! Weren’t you the one who said, "I really don’t care how something works as long as it works."? OK, so I admit it was a trick question since photons are never at rest and MUST always travel at light speed c (as Einstein predicted). Also, according to the Lorentz transformations mass becomes infinite at the speed of light c. So the only way a non-stationary photon can have mass is if energy is equivalent to mass. E=mc2. Which of course it is. |
geoffkait, Bingo ... the fish took the bait ... and is once again eager to bestow a gift upon the forum that even Einstein could not conceive (unless he can document where Einstein made this declaration) -- The Law of the Transmutational Nature Photons -- brought to us by the world’s most renowned expert on this unfathomable subject -- right here on the forum -- after a big forum group hug. Lol. |
geoffkait, A trick question (I admit) -- how come you’re so smart and everyone else is so stupid? You don't have to provide an answer. We already know. Lol. I understand why you hang around here all the time strutting your stuff. And photons have nothing to do with it. Don't worry. I won't tell a soul. The forum is the best free marketing tool a pebble salesman could ever wish for. Your tiny colored pebbles must be selling like hot cakes. Lol. |
