From: bz on
sean <jaymoseley(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:1193418191.334440.283970@
50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> wrong. You are ignoring the fact that the beam(s) in fact have
> width and that any point in either can overlap any
> other point in the other and as long as they are coherent
> they will produce interference.
> If your irrational claim above were true then in a simple
> interferometer you would have to line up two coherent split beams
> from the same source to *exactly* the same point in space at the
> detector to get interference fringes.
> This is a ridiculous claim you make.
> It is theoretically impossible to split a beam and recombine
> it exactly overlapping at the detector. Yet we always get
> interference fringes. Even in crude setups where the overlap
> is far from perfect.
> In case the meaning of this eludes you. THis means that
> your claim that two split beamns can only interfere if they
> are recombined exactly on top of each other is....
> incorrect! And inconsistent with observations in all
> interferometers
>

Sean, you even get interference fringes in experiments where single photons
are used.

No beams. No beam width. Still interference fringes UNLESS you set up a
device to report WHEN a photon goes through one of the slits.
If you do THAT, then you get NO fringes.



--
bz

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.

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From: George Dishman on
On 26 Oct, 11:16, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:15:10 -0700, George Dishman <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >On 26 Oct, 00:47, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:51:11 +0100, "George Dishman" <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >"Clueless Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
> >> >news:oq4qh35jton797cniokm6so0vmdj3jmtgf(a)4ax.com...
> >> >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:26:22 -0700, George Dishman
> >> >> <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>Jerry already spelt it out for you, you can always
> >> >>>copy code if the "kid stuff" is beyond you, she got
> >> >>>it right.
>
> >> >> The simple math is shown athttp://www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/ringgyro.htm
>
> >> >It is wrong, I have told you why numerous times.
>
> >> So 'wrong' it gets the right answer.
>
> >No, it gets the wrong answer. The correct answer is
> >that there is no predicted fringe displacement and
> >ballistic theory is falsified.
>
> ......sheer desperation now....mumbling absolute nonsense.....

Don't start mumbling to yourself Henry, I can wait
for you to find something sensible to say.

> >> >> hahahahhaahha!
> >> >> Very amusing George....
>
> >> >No, your incompetence is becoming boring.
>
> >> George, the front of your 'moving sinewave' maintains a constant phase.
>
> >The definition of "front" can only be a point
> >of constant phase.
>
> What's the front of a car then?

The profile of a car is not a sine wave clueless.

> >> The phase of the front of a BaTh photon oscillates through one cycle every
> >> absolute wavelength travelled (source frame).
>
> >That describes a standing wave which is the sum of
> >two separate propagating waves moving in opposite
> >directions. The "front" of each of those waves is
> >a point of constant phase.
>
> George,at present I have no firm view as to what constitutes 'intrinsic photon
> oscillation'.

I don't care what your view is, a standing wave is
the combination of two counter-moving propagating
waves whether you understand that or not.

> >> >>>Nope, that is the definition, learn basic physics
> >> >>>sonny.
>
> >> >> Photons are particles, boy, not squiggly lines.
>
> >> >Sure they are, but you can't even cope with squiggly
> >> >lines yet, don't try to run before you can crawl.
>
> >> George, YOU are actually using my 'sawblade' photon model.
>
> >No, I am using your "bicycle chain" model which
> >copes with arbitrary waveforms but is limited to
> >a table rotating at constant speed.
>
> The cycle chain model is te same as the sawblade model....and the water wave
> model.....and the classical wave model that was dropped from light 100 years
> ago.

Whatever, they all have enough similarity to the
promary equation of ballistic theory to be valid
analogies.

> >> You regard the light
> >> moving around a gyro as having a fixed spatial pattern...like the teeth of a
> >> moving saw.
> >> My teeth oscillate like a standing wave as the blade moves.
>
> >Sorry Henry, you just don't have enough grasp of
> >basic maths. A standing wave requires two waves.
> >In fact if you draw the ballistic model correctly
> >as Jerry has but then add the two waves, you will
> >get a standing waves pattern and you will find the
> >nodes rotate with the table because they always
> >occur an integer number of half-wavelengths from
> >the source.
>
> George, you might need some time to absorb the significance of my definition of
> wavelength so I will not bother trying to explain until you have come down to
> earth.

Code the picture Henry, your imagination is not
up to the job.

> >> This is quite irrelevant. Light does not behave like a water wave.
>
> >Yes it does at levels above quantum effects and
> >the Sagnac experiment is macroscopic.
>
> bull...

Statement of fact Henry, there are no quantum effects
in the Sagnac experiment, it is purly classical.

> George's latest motto...."if all else fails, mention the word 'quantum'..."

You are the one trying to say light doesn't behave
classically clueless, not me.

> >> >Work through those questions and then see if you
> >> >can work how it could apply to a mirror. You might
> >> >not be quite so clueless at the end.
>
> >> Have you heard of the P.E. effect george?
>
> >Learn to crawl before you try to run, the P.E.
> >effect also applies to the individual photons
> >that land on a target in a Young's Slits
> >experiment at positions determined by the
> >macroscopic wave model.
>
> Why should SOME moving wiggley lines and not others cause electrons to be
> released from metal surfaces?

Why worry about something your theory does not
address? Ballistic theory is purely classical,
a singel equation that says how macroscopic EM
disturbances move and nothing else.

George

From: George Dishman on
On 26 Oct, 11:01, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:24:33 -0700, George Dishman <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >On 26 Oct, 00:37, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:04:06 +0100, "George Dishman" <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >"Clueless Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
>
> >> >> You are using the classical wave equation to model light.
>
> >> >Ballistic theory says any EM disturbance moves
> >> >at c+v. If I want to know how a classical wave
> >> >composed of many photons behaves, ballistic theory
> >> >requires it to move at c+v. If I want to know
> >> >how some other waveform moves, ballistic theory
> >> >still says the same, it moves at c+v. If you
> >> >want to model it as variations in photon density,
> >> >go ahead, but ballistic theory requires those
> >> >variations to move at c+v so they arrive
> >> >simultaneously at the detector.
>
> >> I think you are right. This could explain a lot. An RF signal based on
> >> variations in photon DENSITY would behave like a clasical wave.
>
> >Each photon from a monochromatic source carries the
> >same energy. The photon density determines the
> >intensity so variations in photon density would
> >be AM. The point is not whether you can model
> >oscillations that way (you can't), the point is
> >that regardles of your model ballistic theory
> >requires the same speed for propagation.
>
> There is no conflict there. All the photons move at c wrt the source.

OK, but see below.

> >> I could possibly go along with that idea.
>
> >> If true, an RF ring gyro shouldn't work.
>
> >> Light consists of single photons ttraveing at c wrt its source and does not
> >> behave in this manner.
>
> >It behaves exactly the same, optical and RF techniques
> >vary only due to the wavelengths involved.
>
> bull.
> Moving towards an RF transmitter at 0.990c will not bombard you with gamma
> rays.

You really are hopeless with numbers Henry. Gamma rays are
of the order of 10^20 to 10^30 Hz while RF is up to around
10^10 Hz (microwave). Moving a microwave transmitter towards
you at 0.999999999999999c WILL bombard you with gamma rays.

> >> Yes we know some people have claimed to have dne this. I have previously
> >> disputed these claims.
>
> >It is a standard technique, not a "claim".
>
> It is completely misinterpreted.

Clueless, it works.

> >> >Monochromatic light is a
> >> >moving sine wave. Ballistic theory says that sine
> >> >wave moves at c+v so you are saying ballistic theory
> >> >is wrong. Fine by me, I already knew that.
>
> >> >Your bicycle chain model would be valid, your static
> >> >squiggly line photon is not, it doesn't move at the
> >> >speed required by ballistic theory.
>
> >> The basic difference between the two theories is illustrated at:
> >> http://www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/ringgyro.exe
>
> >The dots indicate points of fixed phase, the wiggly
> >line in the centre is meaningless.
>
> George, it is a graph of the 'intrinsic phase' of the leading edge of a BaTh
> photon as it moves around the ring.

Clueless, the definition of "leading edge" is a
point of given phase.

> Do you know what a 'graph' is, George?

Yes Henry, your "graph" should be a flat line, one
of constant radius in your polar coordinate scheme.

> >Make it rotate
> >at the speed of the table and it would show the
> >standing wave pattern produced as the sum of the
> >two counter-rotating waves. Have two rotating
> >instead of the dots and you will get an accurate
> >picture of what ballistic theory requires.
>
> Sorry George, it doesn't move, It is a graph of phase.

Sorry Henry, you don't know what phase is.

George

From: Dr. Henri Wilson on
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:05:39 -0700, George Dishman <george(a)briar.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 26 Oct, 11:01, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:24:33 -0700, George Dishman <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >On 26 Oct, 00:37, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:04:06 +0100, "George Dishman" <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> >"Clueless Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
>>
>> >> >> You are using the classical wave equation to model light.
>>
>> >> >Ballistic theory says any EM disturbance moves
>> >> >at c+v. If I want to know how a classical wave
>> >> >composed of many photons behaves, ballistic theory
>> >> >requires it to move at c+v. If I want to know
>> >> >how some other waveform moves, ballistic theory
>> >> >still says the same, it moves at c+v. If you
>> >> >want to model it as variations in photon density,
>> >> >go ahead, but ballistic theory requires those
>> >> >variations to move at c+v so they arrive
>> >> >simultaneously at the detector.
>>
>> >> I think you are right. This could explain a lot. An RF signal based on
>> >> variations in photon DENSITY would behave like a clasical wave.
>>
>> >Each photon from a monochromatic source carries the
>> >same energy. The photon density determines the
>> >intensity so variations in photon density would
>> >be AM. The point is not whether you can model
>> >oscillations that way (you can't), the point is
>> >that regardles of your model ballistic theory
>> >requires the same speed for propagation.
>>
>> There is no conflict there. All the photons move at c wrt the source.
>
>OK, but see below.
>
>> >> I could possibly go along with that idea.
>>
>> >> If true, an RF ring gyro shouldn't work.
>>
>> >> Light consists of single photons ttraveing at c wrt its source and does not
>> >> behave in this manner.
>>
>> >It behaves exactly the same, optical and RF techniques
>> >vary only due to the wavelengths involved.
>>
>> bull.
>> Moving towards an RF transmitter at 0.990c will not bombard you with gamma
>> rays.
>
>You really are hopeless with numbers Henry. Gamma rays are
>of the order of 10^20 to 10^30 Hz while RF is up to around
>10^10 Hz (microwave). Moving a microwave transmitter towards
>you at 0.999999999999999c WILL bombard you with gamma rays.
>
>> >> Yes we know some people have claimed to have dne this. I have previously
>> >> disputed these claims.
>>
>> >It is a standard technique, not a "claim".
>>
>> It is completely misinterpreted.
>
>Clueless, it works.
>
>> >> >Monochromatic light is a
>> >> >moving sine wave. Ballistic theory says that sine
>> >> >wave moves at c+v so you are saying ballistic theory
>> >> >is wrong. Fine by me, I already knew that.
>>
>> >> >Your bicycle chain model would be valid, your static
>> >> >squiggly line photon is not, it doesn't move at the
>> >> >speed required by ballistic theory.
>>
>> >> The basic difference between the two theories is illustrated at:
>> >> http://www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/ringgyro.exe
>>
>> >The dots indicate points of fixed phase, the wiggly
>> >line in the centre is meaningless.
>>
>> George, it is a graph of the 'intrinsic phase' of the leading edge of a BaTh
>> photon as it moves around the ring.
>
>Clueless, the definition of "leading edge" is a
>point of given phase.
>
>> Do you know what a 'graph' is, George?
>
>Yes Henry, your "graph" should be a flat line, one
>of constant radius in your polar coordinate scheme.
>
>> >Make it rotate
>> >at the speed of the table and it would show the
>> >standing wave pattern produced as the sum of the
>> >two counter-rotating waves. Have two rotating
>> >instead of the dots and you will get an accurate
>> >picture of what ballistic theory requires.
>>
>> Sorry George, it doesn't move, It is a graph of phase.
>
>Sorry Henry, you don't know what phase is.
>
>George

See my reply to Paul, in new thread "Sagnac threads united".


Henri Wilson. ASTC,BSc,DSc(T)

www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/index.htm
From: Dr. Henri Wilson on
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:53:27 -0700, George Dishman <george(a)briar.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

>On 26 Oct, 11:16, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:15:10 -0700, George Dishman <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >On 26 Oct, 00:47, HW@....(Clueless Henri Wilson) wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:51:11 +0100, "George Dishman" <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> >"Clueless Henri Wilson" <HW@....> wrote in message
>> >> >news:oq4qh35jton797cniokm6so0vmdj3jmtgf(a)4ax.com...
>> >> >> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:26:22 -0700, George Dishman
>> >> >> <geo...(a)briar.demon.co.uk>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>Jerry already spelt it out for you, you can always
>> >> >>>copy code if the "kid stuff" is beyond you, she got
>> >> >>>it right.
>>
>> >> >> The simple math is shown athttp://www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/ringgyro.htm
>>
>> >> >It is wrong, I have told you why numerous times.
>>
>> >> So 'wrong' it gets the right answer.
>>
>> >No, it gets the wrong answer. The correct answer is
>> >that there is no predicted fringe displacement and
>> >ballistic theory is falsified.
>>
>> ......sheer desperation now....mumbling absolute nonsense.....
>
>Don't start mumbling to yourself Henry, I can wait
>for you to find something sensible to say.
>
>> >> >> hahahahhaahha!
>> >> >> Very amusing George....
>>
>> >> >No, your incompetence is becoming boring.
>>
>> >> George, the front of your 'moving sinewave' maintains a constant phase.
>>
>> >The definition of "front" can only be a point
>> >of constant phase.
>>
>> What's the front of a car then?
>
>The profile of a car is not a sine wave clueless.
>
>> >> The phase of the front of a BaTh photon oscillates through one cycle every
>> >> absolute wavelength travelled (source frame).
>>
>> >That describes a standing wave which is the sum of
>> >two separate propagating waves moving in opposite
>> >directions. The "front" of each of those waves is
>> >a point of constant phase.
>>
>> George,at present I have no firm view as to what constitutes 'intrinsic photon
>> oscillation'.
>
>I don't care what your view is, a standing wave is
>the combination of two counter-moving propagating
>waves whether you understand that or not.
>
>> >> >>>Nope, that is the definition, learn basic physics
>> >> >>>sonny.
>>
>> >> >> Photons are particles, boy, not squiggly lines.
>>
>> >> >Sure they are, but you can't even cope with squiggly
>> >> >lines yet, don't try to run before you can crawl.
>>
>> >> George, YOU are actually using my 'sawblade' photon model.
>>
>> >No, I am using your "bicycle chain" model which
>> >copes with arbitrary waveforms but is limited to
>> >a table rotating at constant speed.
>>
>> The cycle chain model is te same as the sawblade model....and the water wave
>> model.....and the classical wave model that was dropped from light 100 years
>> ago.
>
>Whatever, they all have enough similarity to the
>promary equation of ballistic theory to be valid
>analogies.
>
>> >> You regard the light
>> >> moving around a gyro as having a fixed spatial pattern...like the teeth of a
>> >> moving saw.
>> >> My teeth oscillate like a standing wave as the blade moves.
>>
>> >Sorry Henry, you just don't have enough grasp of
>> >basic maths. A standing wave requires two waves.
>> >In fact if you draw the ballistic model correctly
>> >as Jerry has but then add the two waves, you will
>> >get a standing waves pattern and you will find the
>> >nodes rotate with the table because they always
>> >occur an integer number of half-wavelengths from
>> >the source.
>>
>> George, you might need some time to absorb the significance of my definition of
>> wavelength so I will not bother trying to explain until you have come down to
>> earth.
>
>Code the picture Henry, your imagination is not
>up to the job.
>
>> >> This is quite irrelevant. Light does not behave like a water wave.
>>
>> >Yes it does at levels above quantum effects and
>> >the Sagnac experiment is macroscopic.
>>
>> bull...
>
>Statement of fact Henry, there are no quantum effects
>in the Sagnac experiment, it is purly classical.
>
>> George's latest motto...."if all else fails, mention the word 'quantum'..."
>
>You are the one trying to say light doesn't behave
>classically clueless, not me.
>
>> >> >Work through those questions and then see if you
>> >> >can work how it could apply to a mirror. You might
>> >> >not be quite so clueless at the end.
>>
>> >> Have you heard of the P.E. effect george?
>>
>> >Learn to crawl before you try to run, the P.E.
>> >effect also applies to the individual photons
>> >that land on a target in a Young's Slits
>> >experiment at positions determined by the
>> >macroscopic wave model.
>>
>> Why should SOME moving wiggley lines and not others cause electrons to be
>> released from metal surfaces?
>
>Why worry about something your theory does not
>address? Ballistic theory is purely classical,
>a singel equation that says how macroscopic EM
>disturbances move and nothing else.
>
>George

see new thread.


Henri Wilson. ASTC,BSc,DSc(T)

www.users.bigpond.com/hewn/index.htm