Re: What is a photon

On 6/11/2025 7:26 PM, Bertitaylor wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 20:51:15 +0000, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
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On 6/11/2025 12:09 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

There are masses out there in space, Earth is just one of them. Big
ones, say a cluster of galaxies, a large star, ect... A single photon
riding the rails on its field line, can twist and turn and maybe come
out on the "other side" depending on its line's specific properties.

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A single photon will radiate omnidirectionally, spread out in all 3
dimensions towards infinity. At some stage it will be part of noise or
CBR constant Background Radiation.
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WOOF woof woof-woof woof
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Some photons can angle in and start to orbit a black hole for a while,
and/or eventually crash into its even horizon. Fair enough? Some photons
might orbit for a while then get ejected, not doomed... :^)

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How about a continuous gravitational field is an infinite gravitational
field with infinite paths for a newly created photon to follow?
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Any better?

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 The riders! lol. An older experiment of mine:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRkKZj9s3wk