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How does the wavelength change in relativistic limit?
In the text, it reads that the momentum of a particle will change if it is moving at speed close to light speed. In the general case, the wavelength is given as
$$
\lambda = \frac{h}{p}
$$
and
$$p ...
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Is all kind of light same speed?
Is there any speed different between blue or red color? Is there speed different? or there are same speed?
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Why does wavelength change as light enters a different medium?
When light waves enter a medium of higher refractive index than the previous, why is it that:
Its wavelength decreases?
The frequency of it has to stay the same?
