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I do not understand how photons are massless.
I understand why they need to be massless, because if they had mass, you could accelerate them a little more and they would be going faster than the speed of light, but as a massless particle, you can't accelerate them, so that makes sense.
Here are the reasons I can't grip the idea that they are massless:
The first reason is because I thought they hold energy, and if they contain energy, can't you consider that a small amount of mass? (E=mc2)
Second, Photons can't escape black holes, and are effected by gravity. I thought only things with mass were under the effect of gravity.
Thanks, Zach
I understand why they need to be massless, because if they had mass, you could accelerate them a little more and they would be going faster than the speed of light, but as a massless particle, you can't accelerate them, so that makes sense.
Here are the reasons I can't grip the idea that they are massless:
The first reason is because I thought they hold energy, and if they contain energy, can't you consider that a small amount of mass? (E=mc2)
Second, Photons can't escape black holes, and are effected by gravity. I thought only things with mass were under the effect of gravity.
Thanks, Zach