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Problem 3.24 (R)

The “effective mass” of a photon (bundle of electromagnetic radiation of zero rest mass and energy ) can be determined from the relation . We have to compute the “effective mass” for a photon of wavelength (visible region) and for a photon of wavelength (X-ray region).

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Planck constant, .

Effective mass of a photon of wavelength will be .

Therefore, effective mass of a photon of wavelength will be

And, the effective mass of a photon of wavelength will be