sci.physics.particle

On Mar 16, 4:39 pm, Uncle Al wrote:
> BradGuth wrote:
>
> [snip crap]
>
> > Good for you and others of your open mindset kind. I'm on your side
> > of this topic rant that's giving further consideration as to why
> > photons that supposedly have zero mass, and yet still manage to
> > interact with the likes of our sun.
> > . - Brad Guth
>
> Empirical idiot.
>
> 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
>
> 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.
>
> Fucking imbecile.

That's odd, because I'd go along with your "Photon rest mass is less
than 10^(-51) gram". I happen to like 1e-51 gram per photon. Is
that 1e-51 gram for an IR photon at rest, or is it a gamma photon at
rest?
. - Brad Guth