Re: The unseen photon (riddle of existence)

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From: ASHE, WILLIAM MONROE
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:44

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In article <1992Jul24.164344.19072@siesoft.co.uk>, imw@siesoft.co.uk (Ian Wild) writes...
>tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman) writes
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>BTW - why did you need the two slits up front?  If I fire off a photon
>from my pocket laser, carefully aiming so that it misses everything in
>the whole universe, does *that* photon exist?  And how would you prove it
* you could prove that the photon was emitted from your source by carefully
*measuring the thurst imparted to your source by the departing photon.
*Radiation pressure pushes both ways.  From this you could deduce the photon's
*momentum and direction.
*     Bill Ashe
*     Texas A&M University  **don't shoot I just drive the bus**

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