what do you understand by the statement, " electromagnetic waves transport momentum"?
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Electromagnetic waves transport momentum across space.The momentum transported by an electromegnetic wave are not continuously distributed over the wave front. momentum are transported by photons in discrete packages.
hence momentum p=hf/c where h= plank constant , c= velocity of light in vacuum ,f= frequency of light source
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Electromagnetic waves transport momentum across space.The momentum transported by an electromegnetic wave are not continuously distributed over the wave front. momentum are transported by photons in discrete packages.
hence momentum p=hf/c where h= plank constant , c= velocity of light in vacuum ,f= frequency of light source
regard