What would be the properties of a photon at or near rest?

Subject: What would be the properties of a photon at or near rest?

Date: Sun Nov 2 18:05:06 1997
Posted by kyle bussey
Grade level: nonaligned
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City: tahlequah State/Province: ok
Country: usa
Area of science: Physics
ID: 878515506.Ph

Message:

If light travels slower in glass, giving rise to the rings of Newton, could light be slowed to a near zero velocity, possibly causing its spin to increase? What properties would it have at rest?

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