Re: Surviving Einstein.
From: AE (nospam_at_hidden.com)
Date: 07/08/03
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Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:19:57 +0200
Andrew Swallow wrote:
> AE:
>>Andrew Swallow wrote:
>>>
>>>I have realised the big problem with the wave theory of light. It
>>>assumes that the waves are infinitely long. The moment that you have
>>>something that starts and stops this basic assumption
>>>(simplification) no longer applies (works).
>>
>>That's not quite true: Theory doesn't tell oszillation goes on forever -
>>indeed one could imagine to switch an oszillator just once, let the wave
>> move over some distance and get absorbed. The length of the wave itself
>>is determined by the time needed by the oscillator to change from one
>>state to the opposite one.
>>
>
> Are you confusing real waves with theoretical waves?
> By their very nature all real waves have a maximum length and
> an initial creation time.
>
> I do not remember wave equations having a length parameter.
> Amplitude and frequency yes but not length. When a maximum
> length parameter is introduced you automatically end up with
> a wave particle.
> ...
It's indeed little bit more complex: You don't have simply a sine
function. I)nstead you've got to solve a set of differential equations
(the Maxwell equations).
You don't end up with a wave particle but with a packet.
This is still not a particle but it possesses all properties of waves -
for example you still can describe interference and scatter.
AE
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