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Old 14-January-2008, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Jerry View Post
According to current theory; mass and energy are equivalent; associated through the equation E=Mc^2. A derivation from this equation leads to the relationship M=1/(1-v/c)^2. As the velocity of an object approached c, the mass approaches infinity. This prevents anything with mass from reaching the speed of light.

The speed of light likewise tops out at c, and it is due to the same relationship: Since mass and energy are equivalent, accelerating even a single photon beyond the speed of light is kinetically impossible.

There are better reasons and explanations, but I think this is about as simple as it gets.
Using the same equations, how could a photon be so small? If they are going the speed of light and they are mass, then by the standard models' equation; the photons should be almost infinite in size!!!!!!!

Seems to me that the equation itself says it's wrong, or there is no such thing as a photon in light.

I prefer the latter of the two.
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