Spacetime geometry prevents the existence of a photon rest frame
Is it true that spacetime geometry prevents the existence of a photon rest frame?
The impossibility of a photon rest frame follows directly from special relativity and the structure of Minkowski spacetime, where light always travels at the invariant speed c in all inertial frames.
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The claim is a foundational consequence of special relativity and everyday physics pedagogy regarding massless particles, making it common knowledge within physics that does not require citation of specific retrieved papers.
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The claim is a foundational consequence of special relativity and everyday physics pedagogy regarding massless particles, making it common knowledge within physics that does not require citation of specific retrieved papers.
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