The Photon

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The photon is a massless particle with proper momentum  P = E/c + p, where the energy is given by Planck’s Law: 

                    E = ħω = hf .


Exercise: Show that  P = ħ(ω/c + k), where  ω2 = c2k2  and  p = ħk.


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