If light is bent by a gravity well, is the rotational period of the photons changed too?

Answer 1

The spin should onlt be affected by eleoctromagnetism not gravity. it's an electromagnetic effect.

Answer 2

My guess would be a definitive yes. Photons, however small and fast, are matter. Gravity effects matter based on distance from the gravitational source. Therefore it is logical to assume that a gravity well would effect every aspect of photons passing by it, and have different effects (however minute) on different ends of the photon.
Also, the gravity well would effect any attempts at recording empirical data on the photons, so all estimates as to the change in direction, speed, rotational period, or anything, would have to be theoretical in nature. (Plus the whole theory "you can't observe a thing without changing the thing" )

Answer 3

One needs to ask the question, what happens to a photon when it is deflected in an intense gravitational field. To answer this question, a person can look at what happens to a mass when it is deflected in a gravitational field, because mass is composed of electromagnetic energy.

What changes in such a moving mass is the direction of frequency. A mass as it accelerates has an energy conversion at right angles to direction of movement. This energy becomes less in proportion to an increase of speed in the forward direction. Were a mass to move in slightly different direction, the overall frequency would change in the entire mass, but the mass would remain physically as it was.

This demonstrates the wisdom of God in making the physical world as it is. Were the atom formed of larger segments than the multiple of electrons, there would be resistance forming in large mass and it could not move freely. Because each small segment of basic reality is the same, everything is able to change with no loss to friction (two parts moving at different speeds - having differing energy values).

The photon, whose energy appears to exist within its spin, does not change value in that area. The reason for this is the smallest particles of THIS basic physical entity. It appears this is the value of "h", and it, as the electron, allow change without energy loss.

Answer 4

To an observer outside the reference frame of the gravity well, everything will seem to slow down. Inside the well, everything will seem to retain its original speed.

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

No, but the angular momentum does change.

Answer 7

the speed of light is constant. you can change its direction but not its speed.