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Article #826Photon Vs Photon
From: Brett Cuthbertson
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 02:45
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 02:45
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A photon consists of two field components which are perpendicular to each other....( the electric and magnetic fields).. begin fields they simply interfere with each other through superposition... in the case of a photon hitting an electron..the electron has mass and the photon has momentum where the momentum arises through the electric and magnetic field...I can't remember which one?... hmmm..sorry bout this I am just trying to refresh my mind on this subject since I just had a unit in OPTICS on it...<GRIN>... I think I will need to refresh my mind further...<GRIN> before the exams come up... someone else in the know will answer anyway... but before I leave I have another question that I have been pondering.. - What would happen say if an electromagnetic wave's frequency approached infinity ...and hence it's wavelength approaches zero? in which case you would have a || situation where the sine wave becomes 'parallel'....What happens in this situation? - also has anyone ever wondered while apples and such similar fruit resemble a dipole magnetic field structure?...does this mean that the core is actually a bar magnet and all the structure of the apple aligns itself along the lines of magnetic field to produce the overall shape of the apple? till later
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!raistlin From: raistlin@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Brett Cuthbertson) Subject: Photon Vs Photon Message-ID: <1992Aug7.024522.7375@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Sender: news@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: tartarus.uwa.edu.au Organization: University of Western Australia Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 02:45:22 GMT Lines: 33