On the Photon’s Identity: Implications for Relativity and Cosmology

<p class="1Body">Light is investigated with simple harmonic motion formalism; the procedure reveals the photon’s physical characteristics but fails to provide its exact identity. Its speed identifies with angular velocity, i.e., c = w_pho s^-1 = 2.99792458 x 10⁸ rad s^-1, its velocity v_pho = πc and radius r_pho = π m. In other words, it is a non-matter energy packet which radiates at a characteristic radio frequency 0-_pho = 47.71345 MHz and <sub class="1Body">pho</sub> = 2π m. Although the wavelength corresponds to λ values of wave (bosonic) forms of Cd and In, the quantum mass does not register with an element of the chemical periodicity. Notably, its rest mass is well above the electron’s and raises mass conservation issues with the pair production mechanism γ + γ ↔ e⁺ + e⁻. The evidence reveals that no natural e-m radiation oscillates above ϑ ~7 x 10⁹ s^-1; microcosmic particulate “dark” matter is identified with α- emitters, therefore, detectable. The result also suggests redefinition of the mass-energy equivalence formulation in terms of velocity rather than speed. Implications of these findings for Relativity and Cosmology are highlighted.</p>