mass of wave - Do you think wave has mass ?

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what kind of wave? matter wave? electromagnetic? water waves? The question is too unspecific unfortunately.

David Mattingly Staff - 8 years, 2 months ago

any wave like sound wave eletromagnetic wave

Zahid Shekh Mohammed - 8 years, 2 months ago

Those kinds of waves don't have a mass. They have an energy, and that energy can be converted to particles that do have mass (for example I can take two photons of electromagnetic radiation, collide them together, and get an electron+positron back out), but they don't have a mass in and of themselves.

David Mattingly Staff - 8 years, 2 months ago

i dont think that wave has a mass because it is a form of energy .

Aman Jain - 8 years, 2 months ago

yes i accept but if you see einstien eq energy can convrted into mass but there is a question since it is only applicable to particle thing but if you de brogile eq you find that every object have both particle and wave nature

Zahid Shekh Mohammed - 8 years, 2 months ago

The mass in a classical water or sound wave has to be defined because it was never a useful concept for the study of classical waves.

nocturne moi - 8 years, 2 months ago

see you can do anything .But the point here is do wave has a mass . so ,wave does not have mass because it is a form of energy .And wave is just a moving pattern which donot has a mass . Yes , you can convert it into mass but overall ..........Wave donot has a mass..........................................Thanks

Aman Jain - 8 years, 1 month ago

As I research I find that de brogile Eq can tell as the mass but of also find an other eq,

Zahid Shekh Mohammed - 8 years, 2 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$