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human
If photons travel at the speed at light, much faster than the speed of sound, can they in theory create a "sonic boom" when traveling through a medium?

As an undergraduate, this question really has me thinking. There's probably a simple explanation to this, sorry in advance for my ignorance.
gpt
What happens during a sonic boom is a more dense object is moving through air faster than sound can be transmitted though it.

Photons are mass less and therefore have zero density. If they do come into contact with a particle they are either absorbed by it or reflected

Don't aplogize for asking a question, it only shows you're thinking. If no one ever questioned anything science wouldn't exist in the first place.