According to my Physics' teacher, photons do have a mass, but according to the relativity theory, moving anything with the speed of light would take an infinite amount of energy.
Now, anything with energy must have a mass, and according to the Quantum theory, it technically means that anything larger than a photon could never move at the speed of light, since Photons ARE the speed of light.
Can anyone help me get these things straight?
I think the Quantum Physics explanation is right, but I need it for my game engine.
"Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today." - Stephen Wolfram
uh yea thats it photons = mass moving at speed of light, anything larger < less then speed of light, and everything is always moving 100% of the time
Photon = lightspeed
mass > photon = speed < lightspeed
woot i make no sense
Originally posted by Sum Yung Guy mass > photon = speed < lightspeed
woot i make no sense
In simpler words, what you said is that if anything has a larger mass than a photon, it will have a slower speed than the speed of light, which makes a lot of sense according to the Quantum Physics. However, I wish someone else could have posted it a little faster, since I already got the answer 27 hours ago
"Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today." - Stephen Wolfram