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Old 01-06-2014, 08:25 PM
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Thx Al, that seems like a good answer.

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When a photon is created, it has finite energy (E = hv) and no mass, so the energy must move at c
Is that to say that to maintain it's existence as a discrete energy packet it needs to move (at speed relative to the our ref. frame), else the energy is...,what, re-absorbed into the quantum foam or is employed otherwise as part of another quantum construct, or some such???
(forgive the lack of conceptual terminology please, but perhaps u understand the gist of the question)
Trev
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