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Light Weighs

By Antonio Puccini
Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 8, 161-177, 2008
doi:10.2528/PIERB08050706

Abstract

According to Einstein's Principle of Equivalence Mass- Energy (E = mc2) the mass of a single photon (P) corresponds to 10-48 g/s and moving the P weighs 10-27 g/s, that is more than an electron. A light beam weighs 10-12 g/s, that is 1000 billiard times more than a proton.

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Antonio Puccini, "Light Weighs," Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 8, 161-177, 2008.
doi:10.2528/PIERB08050706
http://test.jpier.org/PIERB/pier.php?paper=08050706

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