Document Type
Course
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Physics 3710 – Introductory Modern Physics
Publication Date
8-28-2017
First Page
1
Last Page
3
Abstract
Photons as T → 0 K
Photons are massless bosons. Because they are massless, any number of them can be added or subtracted without changing the photon system energy. (For example, a 1 eV photon can be exchanged for one hundred 0.01 eV photons, without changing system energy.) As a result, the chemical potential for photons is zero.
Recommended Citation
Peak, David, "Many-particle Systems, 5" (2017). Many Particles. Paper 5.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/intro_modernphysics_particles/5