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New Theories / On the Propagation of Light (In two parts )
« on: 29/09/2005 22:52:16 »
There exist today , two main theories on the propagation of light . The first is that proposed by Maxwell , which is that light is the result of interacting magnetic and electric fields which constantly renew each other and the other is the QED ( Quantum Electrodynamic Theory ) which states that light propagates through the interaction of photons with Quantum entangled pairs. Thus an electron as it travels interacts with an electron � positron pair which undergoes annihilation giving rise to two new photons of the same value as the original photon. The first theory has been disproved by Max Planck , since this was the theory that had led to the ultra violet catastrophe. The second theory sounds at least to me , a bit too bizarre to be true. This leaves room to put forward my theory on the propagation of light , which I have called variously the �aumic� theory and the �Gestalt Theory �. In order to understand �gestalt theory �you will have to go into a park or a garden on a sunny day. The garden should normally be full of colours. What you are in actual fact seeing is the result of electrons vibrating at Terahertz frequencies or 100,000,000,000,000 times a second. Thus all the colours we see oranges , purples , blues , yellows , pinks etc., are the result of electrons rapidly absorbing and emitting photons under excitation from the sun�s rays . Previously we were wont to believe that photon emission was a leisurely affair , the photon would absorb , take its time emit, and then stick around for a while maybe repeat the process , maybe not. Not so , electron emission and absorption can go on continuously for minutes , hours , days , years , centuries , millennia. You don�t agree ? How are atomic spectra lines formed ? Using probability theory , it is probable since the electrons are vibrating ( emitting photons ) which such extreme rapidity , that there is a favoured direction of emission. If you add to this probability , the Gestalt Theory view , that the virtual photons of the virtual photon field , align themselves in the direction of propagation of real energetic photons , this premise ( at least according to this theory ) becomes a certainty. Having made this premise , it is possible now to follow the course of a single line of photons emitted by a single electron. At a distance of one metre from the source ( electron) there is a single long line of evenly spaced photons , at two metres the lead photon begins to interact with the virtual photons of the field and three virtual photons adjacent to the lead photon are �promoted� to real photons. Simultaneously with this the photons immediately behind the �promoted virtual photons� are also �promoted� , the energy of the real photons being displaced sideways to achieve this , while the displaced energy is instantantaneously replaced by the photons immediately behind the displaced photon. Thus at two metres what had been a single line of photons , is now four lines of photons , although proportionately shorter than the original single line of photons. At three metres five more virtual photons are promoted and what had been four lines of photons is now nine lines of photons , proportionately shorter and so on. At five metres you would have twenty five lines of photons and at eight metres , sixty-four and so on. It should be noted that the number of photons is conserved , in keeping with the law of the conservation of energy , they are only re-distributed in a different formation. It should be noted that only photons in the leading edge interact with �virtual � photons. This is borne out by the fact that intensity remains in the same proportion to distance regardless of time. By this stage ( if you have read so far ) many people are commenting about what an absurd theory this is , because obviously there is going to come a time when the photon formation collapses , whereas everyone knows that light lasts forever. I admit that , according to this theory , light does not last forever , eventually the photon formation breaks up , but thankfully the light does not die , it just fades away and the real photons become �virtual� photons. But how could this be you say , haven�t we just read that light can travel for billions of light years ?