what is the mass of photon ? According to de broglie equation it is almost zero ….... but according to relativity, the mass of a particle moving at the speed of light is infinity(consider the particle as photon here ) . What is the real mass of electron ? pls explain how it is derived .

Dear student,
The photon is massless. It has energy but no mass.
The de Broglie equation for a relativisitic particleis given by:

The rest mass is zero for the photon as the velocity of the particle approaches the velocity of light.
The real mass of electron is approximately
It is derived from the charge by mass ratio experiment.
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Sumit

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Mass, according to theory of relativity , depends upon the speed with which it is moving with respect to a particular frame of reference.Theory of relativity is given in accordaqnce with Maxwell’s theory of Electrodynamics and an assupmtion that mass of photon when it is at rest is zero(rest mass of photon is zero).Theory of relativity states that the faster you move the heavier you get.
In case of photon, if it moves with speed of light(which it does), it doesn’t have infinity mass.Why?
m_v=m₀/(1-v²/c²)^0.5 , where m_vis mass of particle when the object is moving with ‘v’ velocity. m₀is the rest mass.
For a photon moving with a speed of light:
v=c and m_vtakes a form of 0/0. By applying a limits we get a definite mass.

As far as real mass of electron is concerned its the rest mass. That is one single electron which is at rest. v=0

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Aziz Alam
IIT Roorkee
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