sci.physics.particle

BradGuth wrote:
[snip crap]

> A zero mass photon dump truck might haul a wee bit of mass. Therefore
> a given photon can represent mass, though however extremely wee it
> might be.

Fucking imbecile.

http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v90/i8/e081801
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 081801 (2003)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 1826 (1998)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 23 3383 (1992)
Phys. Rev. D 8 2349 (1973)

Photon rest mass is less than 10^(-51) grams or 7x10^(-19) electron
volts. If the photon had non-zero rest mass then electromagnetism
would have a finite range and force proportional to 1/r^2 would not
obtain.
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> BTW, of passing near the sun, what's the all inclusive (meaning full
> electromagnetic spectrum) worth of photon population/cm3 ?
[snip more crap]

Fucking imbecile.

http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9909014
Amer. J. Phys. 71 770 (2003)
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 121101 (2004)
Nature 425 374-376 (2003).

Section 3.4.1, Figure 5
falling light

> As long as your zero mass photon dump trucks are always empty little
> buggers, you could be correct.
> . - Brad Guth

Empirical idiot.

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