Light speed is constan "c". I am puzzled
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From: Sanny on 6 Feb 2010 12:06 Until now I used to agree that Speed of light is constant = "C" As it has been seen by experiments. But a few minutes back I got an idea. 1. Light is a wave. It is a sine wave with Magnetic & Electric fields orthogonal. Since a Sine wave is a curve. The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes longer if you go up and down in curves. Lets imagine a light wave with amplitude "x" and wavelength "w" Now we say light travels a distance of Wavelength "w" at speed of "C" But since sine wave is a curve the perimeter of movement is larger than the wavelength. When we increase the frequency of light the parameter enlarges even further as the amplitude has risen. So higher frequency light has to travel a longer distance. As the sine curve is more enlongated away from center. So Light wave moves up and down at a speed faster than "C" Now we assume another case an Electron is fired at speed of "c" The electron too travel like a wave. So electron will go up and down in sine wave. So reality is speed of electron is more than "c" As the sine wave is curved. I hope my analogy is understood by all. If not let me try to speak in more detail. So an electron/ Light travelling at speed "c" is actually moving faster than "c" as it goes up and down the sine curves. The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes longer if you go up and down in curves. So if an electron is moving at speed "c" It is actually moving faster than "c" Bye Sanny Chat with Computer: http://www.GetClub.com/ Version 2.0
From: mpalenik on 6 Feb 2010 12:08 On Feb 6, 12:06 pm, Sanny <softtank...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Until now I used to agree that Speed of light is constant = "C" As it > has been seen by experiments. > > But a few minutes back I got an idea. > > 1. Light is a wave. It is a sine wave with Magnetic & Electric fields > orthogonal. > > Since a Sine wave is a curve. > > The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes > longer if you go up and down in curves. > When it is said that light is a wave, it doesn't mean that it travel along a sinusoidal path. It means that the field strength varies sinusoidally, meaning the electric and magnetic fields get stronger and weaker over space. It has nothing to do with the path that light follows (which is a straight line).
From: BURT on 6 Feb 2010 12:12 On Feb 6, 9:08 am, mpalenik <markpale...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Feb 6, 12:06 pm, Sanny <softtank...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Until now I used to agree that Speed of light is constant = "C" As it > > has been seen by experiments. > > > But a few minutes back I got an idea. > > > 1. Light is a wave. It is a sine wave with Magnetic & Electric fields > > orthogonal. > > > Since a Sine wave is a curve. > > > The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes > > longer if you go up and down in curves. > > When it is said that light is a wave, it doesn't mean that it travel > along a sinusoidal path. It means that the field strength varies > sinusoidally, meaning the electric and magnetic fields get stronger > and weaker over space. It has nothing to do with the path that light > follows (which is a straight line). The light wave is pushed and flows through space-time. Mitch Raemsch
From: Sanny on 6 Feb 2010 12:17 > > 1. Light is a wave. It is a sine wave with Magnetic & Electric fields > > orthogonal. > > > Since a Sine wave is a curve. > > > The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes > > longer if you go up and down in curves. === > When it is said that light is a wave, it doesn't mean that it travel > along a sinusoidal path. It means that the field strength varies > sinusoidally, meaning the electric and magnetic fields get stronger > and weaker over space. It has nothing to do with the path that light > follows (which is a straight line). Light is actually photons. and photons follow a sinusoidally path. So when we enlarge the picture Say photon moving from one wavelength to other it is following a curve. Higher the frequency the higher junps the photon will make. Same with electrons. Electrons will jump higher when higher frequency. Bye Sanny Chat with Computer: http://www.GetClub.com/ Version 2.0
From: mpalenik on 6 Feb 2010 12:21
On Feb 6, 12:17 pm, Sanny <softtank...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > 1. Light is a wave. It is a sine wave with Magnetic & Electric fields > > > orthogonal. > > > > Since a Sine wave is a curve. > > > > The shortest distance between two points is straight line. It takes > > > longer if you go up and down in curves. > > === > > > When it is said that light is a wave, it doesn't mean that it travel > > along a sinusoidal path. It means that the field strength varies > > sinusoidally, meaning the electric and magnetic fields get stronger > > and weaker over space. It has nothing to do with the path that light > > follows (which is a straight line). > > Light is actually photons. This is correct. >and photons follow a sinusoidally path. This is not. |