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CUET · PHYSICS · PYQ PAPER 2023

In the equation \( P = \frac{E}{c} \), where \( P \) is momentum, \( E \) is energy and \( c \) is the speed of light, this equation is valid in which of the following cases:

  1. A for an electron only
  2. B for a photon but not for an electron
  3. C for an electron as well as for a photon
  4. D neither for an electron nor for a photon
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(B) for a photon but not for an electron

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The relationship \(P=\frac{E}{c}\) is only valid for massless particles like photons which travel at the speed of light. For an electron, which has mass, the energy-momentum relationship includes a rest mass term: \(E^2=(p c)^2+( \left.m_0 c^2\right)^2\). B) for a photon but not…
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