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What is the frequency of a photon that has the same momentum as a neutron moving with a speed of 1400 m/s?

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The frequency of a photon is  1.06 * [tex]10^{18}[/tex] Hz.

The mass of a neutron is:

m = 1.67 * [tex]10^{-27}[/tex] kg

Since we know its speed, we can calculate the neutron's momentum:

p = mv = (1.67 * [tex]10^{-27}[/tex] kg)(1400 m/s) = 2.34 * [tex]10^{-24}[/tex] kg m /s

The problem says the photon has the same momentum of the neutron, p.  The photon momentum is given by

                                               p = h / λ              

where h is the Planck constant, and  λ  is the photon wavelength. If we re-arrange the equation and we use the momentum we found before, we can calculate the photon's wavelength:

p = h / λ =  [6.6 * [tex]10^{-34}[/tex] J/s]  /  [2.34 * [tex]10^{-24}[/tex] kg m /s ]

             = 2.82 * [tex]10^{-10}[/tex] m

And since we know the photon travels at speed of light c, we can now calculate the photon frequency:

f = c /  λ  =  [3 * [tex]10^{8}[/tex] m/s] / [ 2.82 * [tex]10^{-10}[/tex] m ]

              = 1.06 * [tex]10^{18}[/tex] Hz.

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