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Grade 11Modern Physics

photons are massless then what do we mean by momenyum of light?

Profile image of Ssaurabh Bbhumkar
15 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

Dear Saurabh, 

In relativity, E=√(p2c2+m2c4),for a photon m=0, therefore E=hc/λ =pc

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