What Is Light?
IN SEARCH OF KNOWLEDGE
Just a tree in the background pondering the manner of things.
This is addressed to those who really
want to know how it all works.
He knew that the answer to this question would provide the key to understanding the universe but was never able to quite figure out what it was.
Particles of light?
In 1905,
Einstein published a paper in which he proposed his photon model of light to explain the photoelectric effect. In this hypothesis, light consists of individual packets of energy called photons. A beam of light can then be thought of as many separate photons each carrying a specific amount of energy, rather than a continuous stream of energy. When a photon is absorbed it transfers all of its energy at once.
He envisioned light traveling, not as a wave, but as some manner of "energy quanta." This packet of
energy, Einstein suggested, could "be absorbed or generated only as a
whole," specifically when an atom "jumps" between quantized vibration
rates.
“It seems to me that the
observations associated with black-body radiation, fluorescence, the
production of cathode rays by ultraviolet light, and other related
phenomena connected with the emission or transformation of light are
more readily understood if one assumes that the energy of light is
discontinuously distributed in space. In accordance with the assumption
to be considered here, the energy of a light ray spreading out from a
point source is
not continuously distributed over an increasing space but consists of a finite number of energy quanta which are
localized at points in space, which move without dividing, and which can
only be produced and absorbed as complete units.”
“It is therefore to be assumed that the kinetic energy of an electron goes into the production of many light energy quanta." Einstein
I think that in this energy quanta paper he came tantalizingly close to the truth.
The Ignis model puts forward the idea that photons
[electromagnetic energy] possess both mass and negative charge very
briefly when they materialize once each cycle of their repetitive alternation between
energy and material phases.
The Caltech video appearing below clearly shows what appears to be a brief materialization of the photon when it is filmed at a rate of 10 trillion frames per second.
The Caltech video appearing below clearly shows what appears to be a brief materialization of the photon when it is filmed at a rate of 10 trillion frames per second.
The relevant portion of the video commences at about the 11 minute point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ys_yKGNFRQ
The Ignis model says that
during its spatially linear path each photon materializes
periodically, with the space between material presences being
determined by the energy of the individual photon.
High energy photons 'appear'
with the space between each physical presence being less than that
for lower energy photons.
Diagram 1.
General propagation
relationship between photons of different periods [repetition rates].
It's important to note that photon dots in a line
represent the same photon
as it repeatedly cycles from the energy to material form.
Please note that in this concept photons transition from the energy to the material state and back repeatedly and may only interact significantly with matter when substantially materialized. This transition is not an ON and OFF condition as suggested by Diagram 1 but is conceived as a 'gradual' process as indicated in the video.
If photons do indeed propagate as claimed in this post their repetitive transient appearance as charged particles with mass permit many previously unexplained phenomenon to be understood. The implications of such a photon model are explored in some detail in various articles in my Blog.
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post with any comments and criticisms you wish to make, either here
or to hereticalphysics@gmail.com
An explanation of heat and thermal expansion based on the 'intermittent' material photon introduced in this article may be found at:
An explanation of heat and thermal expansion based on the 'intermittent' material photon introduced in this article may be found at:
If you found the
argument of interest, please refer others to it and link it wherever
you can.
Thank you.
Agnosco.
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