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Two photons occupying the same space at the same time equals energy?
(1hf+1hf)^∞ =∞E?
I believe this shows that any ''0'' point of space can contain an amount of infinite energy?
There are practical limits to how much light energy you can cram into a small space - once the energy density gets high enough, you can produce a particle and anti-particle (eg electron + positron).
Quote from: TheBoxTwo photons occupying the same space at the same time equals energy?A photon has energy.Two photons have more energy.Energy means different things to different people, but you cannot say that any number of photons equals energy, since there are other forms of energy that don't consist purely of photons (see separate thread: http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=67135.0)Quote(1hf+1hf)^∞ =∞E?I don't understand where the exponentiation (^) comes in; if you are talking about cramming more photons into a small region of space, then simple multiplication would describe the intended effect.QuoteI believe this shows that any ''0'' point of space can contain an amount of infinite energy?You can't cram a photon into a 0-dimensional point in space, because the photon has a finite probability of appearing outside that region (unless you let a black hole do all the work for you).There are practical limits to how much light energy you can cram into a small space - once the energy density gets high enough, you can produce a particle and anti-particle (eg electron + positron).
I think that the 0 point would gain +q
and then expand by its own +q versus +q process.
Quote from: TheBoxI think that the 0 point would gain +q What do you mean by "q"?In physics, "q" is often used to denote electrical charge.But the law of conservation of charge says that no matter how many uncharged photons you cram together, the result will also be uncharged. That is why pair production produces equal quantities of + & - charges (eg positron+electron).Quoteand then expand by its own +q versus +q process.The negative charges balance the positive charges, so there is no overall electrostatic repulsion.