Group: sci.physics.particle
From: BradGuth
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: Why does light bend under gravity?

On Mar 16, 4:37 pm, Uncle Al wrote:
> BradGuth wrote:
>
> [snip crap]
>
> > A zero mass photon dump truck might haul a wee bit of mass. Therefore
> > a given photon can represent mass, though however extremely wee it
> > might be.
>
> Fucking imbecile.
>
> http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v90/i8/e081801
> Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 081801 (2003)
> Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 1826 (1998)
> Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 23 3383 (1992)
> Phys. Rev. D 8 2349 (1973)
>
> Photon rest mass is less than 10^(-51) grams or 7x10^(-19) electron
> volts. If the photon had non-zero rest mass then electromagnetism
> would have a finite range and force proportional to 1/r^2 would not
> obtain.
> \> BTW, of passing near the sun, what's the all inclusive (meaning full
> > electromagnetic spectrum) worth of photon population/cm3 ?
>
> [snip more crap]
>
> Fucking imbecile.
>
> http://arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9909014
> Amer. J. Phys. 71 770 (2003)
> Phys. Rev. Lett. 92 121101 (2004)
> Nature 425 374-376 (2003).
>
> Section 3.4.1, Figure 5
> falling light
>
> > As long as your zero mass photon dump trucks are always empty little
> > buggers, you could be correct.
> > . - Brad Guth
>
> Empirical idiot.
>
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My goodness, did you get cloned from a Hitler fart, or is just
something Semitic that's in charge of your private parts?
. - Brad Guth