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maseless exactly nai hota....but uski velocity ko bhi to nglct nai kr skta... it cmpnsates 4 d mass

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Well,
 
 
Its kinetic energy is    E = hc/lambda  [usual meanings]
 
 
And momentum  P = h/lambda

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massless matlab rest mass or proper mass is zero.actually

Ke=mc^2(y-1)

where y=1/sqrt(1-v2/c2
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K E = 1/2mv^2 is an approximate expression for K E for particles moving at velocity much lower than velocity of light and that formulae is not applicable for photon. Moreover massless means rest mass is zero. Otherwise it has a mass of h*frequency/c^2
where h is plank's constant and c is velocity of light

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KE = mc^2 - mo c^2
      = hv ( mo = 0 )
E = KE = mc^2 = hv
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photon is massless only when it is at rest.

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Hey dude,

photon has rest mass zero.

But any object as it gains speed also gains mass.

So in motion, it has some mass........

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heyy dude

E=mc^2
use this for photon
u will get its mass
E=0     when        M=0

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i agree with you in this point of view.any object of rest mass 0 does not suffer relativistic variation. otherwise radio video signals will suffer relativistic variation.purav,francis,feynmann will certainly explain this and also my above question of debroglie wavelength.
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