Re: What is a photon

On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 5:33:11 +0000, Jan Panteltje wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 19:22:52 +0000, x wrote:
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On 6/4/25 08:45, rhertz wrote:

On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 13:10:58 +0000, Paul.B.Andersen wrote:

A 'photon' is an increment

of energy or momentum transfer.

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Certainly NOT as energy is a scalar. The energy obtained from a single
photon follows the inversae square law. Which has to happen as the
photon is an atomic-scale brief electromagnetic wave.

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The interesting thing, at least to me,
is that I notice 'scientists' scream 'PHOTON DETECTED" when their
equipment says so.

We think they will weep with disappointment when they double or treble
the sensor distance from whatever source. If the sensor was just strong
enough to detect.
Inverse square law will be at work to show that the single photon is not
like a little stone but an omnidirectional wave front of very brief
duration.

As I designed that sort of equipment, to be a bit more specific,
they cry 'PHOTON DETECTED' when an electron is knocked out of the target
electrode of the PMT (photo-multiplier tube).
In reality even a half blind pig can see that that is an amount of
energy at that location (that atom with its electron),
and as such hit by part of a wave in a larger medium.
 Like a ball connected with a wire to a pole in the ocean hit by a wave,
 If the wave is strong enough the wire will break.
 It says NOTHING about the size of the water molecules (so the medium)
etc etc.
  Those are likely magnitudes smaller than that ball (electron).
I like to do experiments, unlike Albert E. who never did one in his
life, that is what made him a clueless idiot.
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PMTs (photomultiplier tubes) are fun to play with:
 https://panteltje.nl/panteltje/pic/sc_pic/
  that test is almost 20 years old..
More experiments:
 https://panteltje.nl/panteltje/pic/index.html
  bit of asm coding
More projects:
  https://panteltje.nl/panteltje/newsflex/download.html
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There is more...
 https://panteltje.nl/pub/cryo/
  cooling superconductors
much more....
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So do experiments!!
I am but a neural net, and as to mama-ticians: math is just a sub
circuit in the neural net
it is not truth related.
:-)

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