Summary: A photon exchanges momentum as it bypasses a large gravitational well during transit. The photon experiences a change in momentum and its path is bent as it interacts with the gravitational field. A photon simultaneously gains and loses momentum (p) from a gravitational interaction with a massive object. However, a photon maintains its relative path with speed c and covers the same distance (d) as compared to its constant speed. The curvature of the photon's path is understood in terms of the exchange of momentum experienced by the photon.
In relativity, a photon is a relativistic particle and it has a relativistic speed. Whereas, the equation 𝑝 = hf/c = ℎ/𝜆, used herein, is not a relativistic equation.
The
previous article was titled, "Electromagnetic - Gravitational Interactions between Photons and Gravitational Masses", and by using the equation 𝑝 = hf = ℎ/𝜆, we see that a photon travels an arc path in a
strong gravitational field because the photon releases the excess energy
gained, by converting this energy into its momentum, as such the photon travels
an arc path.
However,
since the photon carries its own energy, it should continue its original path
and motion in constant speed, but without gaining additional energy in absence
of said Electromagnetic - Gravitational field interactions.
In
the image referred here, we see that the photon field, as it enters the strong
gravitational field of a massive body at point A, and as it leaves the
gravitational field at point B, the photon's path becomes an arc as it leaves
the gravitational field at point B. Whereas, its original travel path should
have been a straight line unless the photon was subjected to a strong
gravitational field.
Therefore,
irrespective of the photon travels a straight path (without external influence),
or an arc path (with a temporary additional energy) due to the external
influence of the gravitational field, the photon intersects both the points A
and B at the same time for both of its possible paths, – straight or curved – the
relative times taken by the photon remains constant, the only difference in
case of curved path is both gaining and losing additional energy converted into
the curvature, while the photon maintains its relativistic speed.
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