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"mpc755@gmail.com" wrote:
> 
> On Jan 8, 9:03 pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <p...@hovnanian.com> wrote:
> > "mpc...@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> > > > > Indeed!  And how does a particle not have mass?
> >
> > > > If its not really a particle in the classical physics sense.
> >
> > > Explain how a non-classical massless particle exists in nothing.
> >
> > What particle? Light is an electromagnetic wave. The idea that its a
> > particles is a simplification used to explain its quantum nature.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Hovnanian     mailto:P...@Hovnanian.com
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> > If your only tool is a hammer then every problem looks like a thumb.
> 
> Wikipedia:
> 
> "A massless particle is a particle whose invariant mass is zero.
> Currently, the only known massless particles are gauge bosons: the
> photon (carrier of electromagnetism) and the gluon (carrier of the
> strong force)."
> 
> "The behavior of massless particles is understood by virtue of special
> relativity. For example, these particles must always move at the speed
> of light. See Mass in special relativity."
> 
> "General relativity implies that gravitation is quantized by the
> graviton, which is a massless tensor boson"
> 
> How does an electromagnetic wave travel through nothing?

I'm afraid you will have to go back and study the basics. Start with
static electric and magnetic fields. They produce a force that has an
effect over a distance with no intervening medium. Then, apply Maxwell's
equations to those EM fields and you have an  electromagnetic wave.

If that's too difficult, think about the alternative: You claim that
light has momentum as the result of its traveling through a medium
because it doesn't not have mass of its own. If mass is a necessary
property for a wave to have momentum, as in a wave in water or air, then
what is the density of aether in Kg/m^3?
 
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Paul Hovnanian	paul@hovnanian.com
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