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Isn't redshift a results of the change in the observable wavelength, i.e. the photon's momentum?
by Koshkin 5y ago
Isn't redshift a results of the change in the observable wavelength, i.e. the photon's momentum?
- LegitShady 5y agoThe energy of a photon is defined as E = (hc)/λ where h is the planck constant, c is the speed of light, and λ is the wavelength. As a redshift is the increase in wavelength it is an actual decrease in the energy of the photon. This makes more sense when you consider that a photon is mass-less, and so its total, energy is bound up in its momentum rather than momentum and mass.