Light, is it particles or a wave?
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funny how he hasn't already graced us with his definition of everything 
JK SC
cREATOR I watched Star Trek too and I never could have come up with that.
JK SC
cREATOR I watched Star Trek too and I never could have come up with that.
Kwisatz Haderach
Teacher and old Gamer from Sweden
Ligth are photons.
Photons are "energy-packages" with no mass.
It has the property of both particles and waves but is neither.
Photons makes good torpedoes (I watch Star Trek to =) ).
Since we are discussing both Physics and Star Trek I must recommend the following book, it explains how everything work aboard the NCC-1701.
The Physics of Star Trek (Star Trek Series)
by Lawrence M. Krauss and Stephen Hawkins
And to all of you who are discussing chance, it does not exist. It's controlled by the illuminati. Better go before they found out I told you.
/Kwisatz Haderach
Photons are "energy-packages" with no mass.
It has the property of both particles and waves but is neither.
Photons makes good torpedoes (I watch Star Trek to =) ).
Since we are discussing both Physics and Star Trek I must recommend the following book, it explains how everything work aboard the NCC-1701.
The Physics of Star Trek (Star Trek Series)
by Lawrence M. Krauss and Stephen Hawkins
And to all of you who are discussing chance, it does not exist. It's controlled by the illuminati. Better go before they found out I told you.
/Kwisatz Haderach
right guyz! finaly a sensible topic in this f0
well sensible........ urhm what does it mean ne way
ne ways, i think light is something that is just there, no need to wander what it is, it just is!
/me gets a headacke of all this thinking about what light is.
i even got a more challanging question,
what is time................
if you can anwsaer that you surley win the nobelprice
ne ways i think time doesnt exist, its made up by us you humans, i as a member of the enlightent race of the planet zorgon i think that you humans just take to much notice of this thing that you have called time.
time does not exist, its just a flow of events that are comming after one an other............
whos to say it cant run the other way around...........
as we say on zorgon: if time exists i am a zolarian easter egg bomber!
BEAT THAT!
well sensible........ urhm what does it mean ne way
ne ways, i think light is something that is just there, no need to wander what it is, it just is!
/me gets a headacke of all this thinking about what light is.
i even got a more challanging question,
what is time................
if you can anwsaer that you surley win the nobelprice
ne ways i think time doesnt exist, its made up by us you humans, i as a member of the enlightent race of the planet zorgon i think that you humans just take to much notice of this thing that you have called time.
time does not exist, its just a flow of events that are comming after one an other............
whos to say it cant run the other way around...........
as we say on zorgon: if time exists i am a zolarian easter egg bomber!
BEAT THAT!
I think time deserves it's own separate thread
It's a dimension of measurement much like length, breath, height created by us to rationalise things. So basically I agree with you Cascade. Kinda agree with you. It exists because it has meaning for us. Even if it didn't have meaning for us, ie we did not have a concept of time it would still exist only we wouldn't call it time. We wouldn't call it anything. We'd just not know about it, but events would continue to occur and hence time, which is our name for this phenomena would continue, just liek my badly spelled posts
It's a dimension of measurement much like length, breath, height created by us to rationalise things. So basically I agree with you Cascade. Kinda agree with you. It exists because it has meaning for us. Even if it didn't have meaning for us, ie we did not have a concept of time it would still exist only we wouldn't call it time. We wouldn't call it anything. We'd just not know about it, but events would continue to occur and hence time, which is our name for this phenomena would continue, just liek my badly spelled posts
Lizard Of Oz
Demented Avenger
How about a wave of particles?
If light is a particle, then it must have mass (right?).
Mass can be measured. So, how much does it weigh?
Boy: "Yes sir, I'd like 3 pounds of light please."
Clerk: "Ah.. Sure, but you're going to need a bigger bucket."
If the sun (Sol) blinked out of existence, (p0p!) would you see it or feel it first?
What is gravity? Don't describe it's effect, dissect it, what's it made of?
Or, is it only an effect (result, consequence)?
Is light an effect?
Furby Autopsy
If light is a particle, then it must have mass (right?).
Mass can be measured. So, how much does it weigh?
Boy: "Yes sir, I'd like 3 pounds of light please."
Clerk: "Ah.. Sure, but you're going to need a bigger bucket."
If the sun (Sol) blinked out of existence, (p0p!) would you see it or feel it first?
What is gravity? Don't describe it's effect, dissect it, what's it made of?
Or, is it only an effect (result, consequence)?
Is light an effect?
Furby Autopsy
liz - i must agree with you on bot subjects
light a wave of particles - yes i think that is the best way to describe it.
as you say if it is a particle it must have mass, and i dont think you can weigh light, or can you?
also an property of a particle is it can most likly be containded, and you cant contain light, can you.
well maybe with a box of mirrors, hmmm might be nice experiment, capture light.........
step 1
get a box of mirros facing inwards
step 2
let light reflect in it and close the box
step 3
see if you havecontained the light......... urhmmmm, how can that be done if you cant look in it cuse it will go out if you open the box...............
............
...........
...........
...........
never mind that
on the subject of gravity, i also think you are right liz.
it think its only a result of a process.
as for the process.
i have no idea why it works....
the main thing is said to be the spin of the earth that is suppost top keep us here, but if some thing spins it should move out words right?
what a coincedens i have been watching a documentary about sme thing like that.
it was about the universe expending.
the main thought was that when the BIGBANG accured the univers was moving away, but as all things due to gravity it was thought that when the exploson took place and the planets and galaxies drifted away, they would also come back to the centre again, resulting in a BIG IMPLODe or some thing like that.
in adition the the expansion of the universeit was suppost to slow down and return again.
taking this in notice scientist have taken pictures of supernovas of a special type and calculated the speed and distance and more of that stuff.
but they found out hte universe is actualy accalerating.
they have come up with a theory abotu what they called "dark matter".
this dark matter is suppost to be some sort of counter part to gravity.
as einstein has once discrbes as his bigges failure in his time, the cosmic constant as he named it (wich was something like that there is a constand force of matter that keeps the cosmic static) seemed to be right after all.
what this has to do with ne thing i have no idea just thought it might sund intelligent.
and oh yeah i also think this dark matter is what keeps us stikking to the planet.......
hope it makes ne sence, problably but what the hell it sounds kewl
light a wave of particles - yes i think that is the best way to describe it.
as you say if it is a particle it must have mass, and i dont think you can weigh light, or can you?
also an property of a particle is it can most likly be containded, and you cant contain light, can you.
well maybe with a box of mirrors, hmmm might be nice experiment, capture light.........
step 1
get a box of mirros facing inwards
step 2
let light reflect in it and close the box
step 3
see if you havecontained the light......... urhmmmm, how can that be done if you cant look in it cuse it will go out if you open the box...............
............
...........
...........
...........
never mind that
on the subject of gravity, i also think you are right liz.
it think its only a result of a process.
as for the process.
i have no idea why it works....
the main thing is said to be the spin of the earth that is suppost top keep us here, but if some thing spins it should move out words right?
what a coincedens i have been watching a documentary about sme thing like that.
it was about the universe expending.
the main thought was that when the BIGBANG accured the univers was moving away, but as all things due to gravity it was thought that when the exploson took place and the planets and galaxies drifted away, they would also come back to the centre again, resulting in a BIG IMPLODe or some thing like that.
in adition the the expansion of the universeit was suppost to slow down and return again.
taking this in notice scientist have taken pictures of supernovas of a special type and calculated the speed and distance and more of that stuff.
but they found out hte universe is actualy accalerating.
they have come up with a theory abotu what they called "dark matter".
this dark matter is suppost to be some sort of counter part to gravity.
as einstein has once discrbes as his bigges failure in his time, the cosmic constant as he named it (wich was something like that there is a constand force of matter that keeps the cosmic static) seemed to be right after all.
what this has to do with ne thing i have no idea
just thought it might sund intelligent.and oh yeah i also think this dark matter is what keeps us stikking to the planet.......
hope it makes ne sence, problably but what the hell it sounds kewl
... yes . he is busy researching now , SC , have that report posted first thing tomorrow morning please ...Originally posted by [RSU]Lina_Inverse
Now let's just wait for SimplyCosmic to bring the final answer
Light isn't accellerated by an accellerator.
Actually, from what little I remember of my physics (and remember, I don't actually have a college education yet) Light is actually electrons breaking down and reforming. Or something to that effect.
Couldn't possibly explain the math behind it cause I'm ignint.
Actually, from what little I remember of my physics (and remember, I don't actually have a college education yet) Light is actually electrons breaking down and reforming. Or something to that effect.
Couldn't possibly explain the math behind it cause I'm ignint.
i know that, i was just making an attemt to a joke............. aperently it didnt work...........
shame
Don't make jokes about light. Light is a wonderful sacred thing, and you shouldn't joke about it. What if I started making jokes about umm...gamma particles? You wouldn't like that very much would you?
actualy i would
hmmmmm, nobody said ne thing about my clearly intelligant looking post on the previous page
hmmmmm, nobody said ne thing about my clearly intelligant looking post on the previous page
No Soup For You
I got your PM right HERE!
Light is a cheap magician's trick.
It's all done with strings and mirrors. Just close your eyes - it'll go away.
It's all done with strings and mirrors. Just close your eyes - it'll go away.
I will do the same thing as Dudester and just observe and smile. I now watch Star Trek as a comedy. I just can't stop laughing at all the bs they make up. I majored in Applied Physics and let me just say, Light cannot be described to understand it. It can only be equated to be understood. And no, you cannot go the speed of light, that is according to Albert's E=MC^2.
I now watch Star Trek as a comedy. I just can't stop laughing at all the bs they make up. I majored in Applied Physics and let me just say, Light cannot be described to understand it. It can only be equated to be understood. And no, you cannot go the speed of light, that is according to Albert's E=MC^2.
No. A particle doesn't neccessarily have mass. The same goes for neutrinos. It just a particle of energy without mass.
Gravity:
According to the newest developments in sience gravity is caused by strings (superstring theory). Call them g-strings if you want