Re: ?? about color and photons

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From: Eric Osterweil
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 03:56

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rudeeric@cwis.isu.edu (Eric Rude) wrote:
> Hello
> Here are some questions from some high school students:
> 1. If there is no animal life present (intelligent or otherwise), when
> the sun rises, is there color?
>
> 2. Is it possible (theoretically or otherwise) to split a photon? If so,
> what would it result in?

The first question is one that should be left to high school students,
or a metaphysics news group.

As for the second question.  A photon is a bundle of energy.
You can't actually "split" it.  However, as it is a bundle of energy
you could have another photon with half as much.  Usually, photons
get emited from somewhere, then just bounce around until they
get absorbed.

Eric

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