11. Dual nature of radiation and matter — Physics STD 12 Science — Question

The rest mass of photons is being zero. It can be shown, according to the relativity theory of light.

According to the relativistic theory equation, the mass of the photon is computed as:

$m=\frac{m_{0}}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}$

$m_{0}=m \sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}$

when $v=0$

So $m_{0}=0$

Where $m_{0}$ is the rest mass of the Photon.