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New Theories / Time travelling light and the Young's Double Slit

« on: 26/02/2014 19:48:15 »

My hypothesis is based around the Young's Double Slit experiment, where photons can undergo superposition even if they are released from their source one at a time and can never come into contact with each other.

I propose they can come into contact with each other.

According to Einstein's theory of relativity, ones time can become dilated the faster you are moving; with the upper limit being the speed of light. Therefore, light always moving at the speed of light will not ever experience time - it does not age.
So, a single photon released from a source will actually encounter every other photon released from that source, as long as the environment and source remain identical because, in the view of the photon, they were released at the same; as the photons aren't 'participating' in our perception of time. Therefore, releasing each photon one by one is identical to releasing them in steady streams and that is why the Double Slit experiment produces an interference pattern.

This is better than other theories because:
1. It uses existing theories- namely Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
2. It doesn't invent parallel universes that some use to explain the superposition
3. The photon doesn't act erratically, it just doesn't follow our perception of time- so it still behaves as expected in Classical Physics.

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Chemistry / Why don't all amino acids exist in rings?

« on: 19/02/2014 12:41:17 »

In A Level chemistry we do a lot on polymerisation, especially in amino acids. The definition of an amino acid is it has an amine and a carboxylic functional group at each end; which makes me think of 3 questions:
"what stops these two groups from reacting with each other?"
"How long does a molecule have to be to double back on itself like much longer proteins do all the time"
"and if molecules can fold like this, does that mean there's an inherent 'stretchiness' to σ and π bonds?"

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General Science / Why do baggy shirts make me sweat more?

« on: 20/01/2014 18:47:24 »

I rarely get too hot in a shirt or a t-shirt, but i have a collection of over-sized airy cotton and silk shirts and they never fail to make me too hot even when ridiculously unbuttoned, why?

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Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology / Bosons: The Single Spectra

« on: 20/01/2014 16:41:17 »

I admit that this is quite far fetched, but I'd like someone to tell me categorically why this couldn't work because I've been mulling this over for a while, but this is my hypothesis:

Consider the light spectra, at first glance one might assume long wavelength radio waves and high frequency gamma rays to be unconnected but it's clear that they're all transmitted by the same force carrier, the photon.
Also, as de Broglie showed particles have wave like properties; this must hold true for other bosons too - as it does for the photon - would it be madness to ask what if there is only a single Boson and the force carriers are just examples of this same boson at different frequencies.

If this was true I'd postulate that the Higg's and Photons would be 'The Boson' at a lower frequency while the Strong and Weak nuclear forces would be 'The Boson' at a very high frequency (as they have much shorter range)   

What bothers me with why this wouldn't work is how would one go about changing the frequency of a W- Boson into a Higg's Boson or if it was a spectra surely there'd be a great many more bosons unless there was a mechanism that excluded a great deal of them.

It's only an idea, dont be too harsh when ripping it apart 
-Seb