THE PLIGHT OF PHYSICS
Particle Physics ceased being a
scientific discipline in the early years of quantum mechanics.
This
occurred gradually as, unable to explain their observations in
connected, logical and visualizable terms using natural language,
physicists began to speculate upon and accept causal mechanisms
beyond our ability to understand.
Speculation about
possible causes of observed phenomena is of course a valid method of
investigation if clearly understood for its limitations.
The
fundamental problem in Quantum Mechanics arose however when invalid
assumptions led to a misinterpretation of experimental results, an
interpretation which was accepted as true and used to form the basis
for the development of evolving theories.
WAVES
Invalid
assumptions:
Light propagates as a wave.
Light waves interact.
Interacting light waves
add in amplitude in an algebraic manner.
The phase
relationship between interacting light waves determines the amplitude
of the resultant wave and thus the intensity of illumination on the
screen.
Misinterpretation:
The observed results
of the Double Slit Experiment were interpreted as being formed by the
interaction of light waves, thus endorsing the wave theory of
light.
Apparent anomalies arising from variations to the
double slit experiment were interpreted as caused by light waves
interfering with themselves through peculiar (and inexplicable) time
events.
PARTICLES
An inability to conceive
mechanisms by which particulate light could produce the observed
outcome of the double slit experiment served to relegate the idea to
a fallback position referred to only in instances where wave theory
proved inadequate.
NOTE:
Photons, whether
perceived as waves or particles, do not routinely interact.
If
photons did indeed interact as perceived in the double slit
experiment, such interaction would produce waves combining the energy
of the waves involved.
Combining wave energy in such a
manner would, with in-phase waves for example, produce a resultant
wave of double the FREQUENCY, not double the AMPLITUDE of the initial
waves.
If this actually occurred for waves of the lowest
frequency able to be perceived by the human eye the resultant double
frequency wave would be on the upper limit of our visual spectrum,
with results for higher input frequencies being invisible to
us.
Invalidly conflating conceived light waves with waves
in material things such as water waves and sound waves in which
matter is physically redistributed by mechanical energy passing
through the material involved, was a serious error from which science
has not yet recovered.
Perhaps there will be no recovery
from this error. Those who control the dialogue are unlikely to
destroy the edifice of which they are the masters.
If all
of this makes sense to you and you would like further detail it can
be found in my blogger posts
at:
photon-interactions.blogspot.com/2024/10/light-
and: photon-interactions.blogspot.com/2019/08/what-i
and: photon-interactions.blogspot.com/2024/10/nobody
with an archived copy of the website found here: photon-interactions.blogspot.com/2024/11/hereti
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