Question

Do photons have absolute motion?

Answer 1

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Absolute rest is not possible as the concept of motion is relative. But canwe assert that photons have absolute motion as the observers in all the frames of reference would agree to the same value of speed of light.

All photons move on individual vectors through inertial space at exactly C. From this undisputed experimental fact, we can conclude that all photons move within the same inertial reference frame. This assumption leads to the conclusion that each photon is a material body with an intrinsic mass (m=p/c) and dimension (=h/mc) within this frame of absolute photon rest. Any motion of a photon’s source, relative to rest, has no effect on the photon’s velocity, but transforms its intrinsic mass and wavelength in proportion to the absolute motion of the source. This same transformation occurs between the photon’s intrinsic momentum at c and its observed momentum of . The Doppler effect allows the accurate measurement of any difference in velocity along a vector between source and observer, but it prevents any measurement of the three intrinsic inertial vectors of source, observer, and photon. To verify the existence of this elusive preferred reference frame, and to measure its position, the observer must look to the results of the Michelson-Morley experiment, the Uhuru pulsar observations and the Pound-Rebka measurements.

Answer 2

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Photons have no rest mass, but they do have relativistic mass. As pointed out, Eddington and Bondi spoke about energy having mass.

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