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Let us now look at the product of L and T:L T = Lo To
Thus the universe is built upon the ratio of length and time being the speed of light C and the product of length and time being a constant.
Quote from: jerrygg38 on 25/10/2016 11:03:02Let us now look at the product of L and T:L T = Lo ToIf you look at the formulae you provided the same Lorentz transform is applied to both, so as you vary speed the length and time vary in proportion so L/Lo and T/To will automatically be a constant. If the relationship comes as a surprise to anyone it is a consequence of viewing time dilation and length contraction as separate phenomena.
It is also strange that energy is the reciprocal of wavelength (distance) and not time. One would normally think that a photon would have more energy if it had a faster time.
Quote from: jerrygg38 on 25/10/2016 15:03:16 It is also strange that energy is the reciprocal of wavelength (distance) and not time. One would normally think that a photon would have more energy if it had a faster time.If you think about it, because the speed of light is constant then for a shorter wavelength you get more of them in each second, which is effectively frequency which is proportional to energy. Think of it as more 'activity' per second!
For a single pulse you only get one but if it was a continuous series of pulses from the same source then you would have a chain of them and the shorter the wavelength the more pulses in the chain.
Quote from: jerrygg38 on 26/10/2016 09:05:25For a single pulse you only get one but if it was a continuous series of pulses from the same source then you would have a chain of them and the shorter the wavelength the more pulses in the chain. The energy for a single pulse i.e. photon is hf where f is the frequency of that photon. The rate of emission of photons from a source will determine the intensity of the light but does not change the frequency which is inherent in the photon. The 'chain' of photons as you call it does not determine either wavelength of frequency as they do not interact in that way. The light from most sources is also incoherent with no fixed relationship between phase and polarisation, in fact most sources will not produce photons with a single frequency eg incandesant lamp where the f of individual photons is dependant on the level of excitation of individual atoms, hence a emission spectrum. PS when I said 'effectively frequency' I was saying equals, the same as.
Have they ever measured the photon as a frequency? Is it a sine wave or a square wave?
Therefore it appears to me that in physics energy is a function of meters and not time.
Now you are using the term hf which I always used but the Red Photon is listed as 0.6563microns which is distance and not inverted time. So you converted the distance into a frequency. ...........However for the photon the energy is dependent upon the wavelength and then of course we could attribute a frequency to that wavelength. Therefore it appears to me that in physics energy is a function of meters and not time.