Does a photon have mass and momentum?

The answer is no. Energy is the capacity to do work, it is a property of matter. Mass is the amount of matter an object has. Mass is a measure of the strength of a gravitational attraction. A photon is neither matter nor energy. It is an elementary particle, the smallest particle of energy.

Does a photon have mass and impulse?

In the classical view, the photon is an elementary particle with no mass and no impulse. But a photon is not an elementary particle. It is composed of an oscillating electric field. The electric field of a photon is both the source of the photon’s energy and the photon’s momentum. It is not the particle itself that has energy, it is the oscillation of the electric field that has energy.

Does a photon have a mass and a linear momentum?

A photon is an elementary particle that carries energy and momentum. It is a particle of light. It has no spatially-extended properties and it thus does not have a location in spacetime, as all other particles do. This means that a photon does not have a position in space and time, and thus neither does it have a mass nor any other physical properties in the popular sense of the term.

Is a photon a massive particle?

According to the standard model of particle physics, photons are massless particles with no net mass or momentum. However, there are some loopholes. The Higgs mechanism is a process by which elementary particles acquire mass. Researchers have found some evidence that this mechanism is responsible for the generation of mass for photons. Other physicists believe that there are other, as yet unknown, sources of photon mass.

Does a photon have mass and kinetic energy?

Yes. A photon is also known as a massless particle, and although it does not have a mass, it does have an equivalent amount of energy given off when it collides with another photon or an object. The reason for this? Quantum mechanics. It is a result of the uncertainty of the location of the photon when it passes through a material. This uncertainty means that when two photons collide, they can transfer some of their energy to each other. This means that a photon can transfer more energy