From: PD on
On May 10, 1:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 2:20 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 10, 1:00 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 10, 1:47 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On May 10, 12:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On May 10, 11:49 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On May 10, 9:42 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On May 10, 10:27 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On May 9, 7:09 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On May 9, 12:22 am, spudnik <Space...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > it is too bad that U.Al cannot engage in debate, because
> > > > > > > > > > he certainly has a valid "point" about the duality, and
> > > > > > > > > > that is your only real problem.
>
> > > > > > > > > > admittedly, it is more of a quandary with fullerenes, but
> > > > > > > > > > there is not even any "where," there, with the "photon"
> > > > > > > > > > -- unless you think that a Nobel is an adequate laurel,
> > > > > > > > > > to resurrect Sir Isaac's nutty corpuscle (the one
> > > > > > > > > > that goes faster in denser media .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > more precisely, E's neologism of "quantum
> > > > > > > > > > of light, I shall call, photon," does not neccesitate that
> > > > > > > > > > "the photon must be a particle (zero-dimensional,
> > > > > > > > > > no mass, no momentum QED .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > A photon is detected as a particle.
>
> > > > > > > > No, it's not. Where did you get that idea?
>
> > > > > > > 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> > > > > > > by the double solution theory
> > > > > > > Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf
>
> > > > > > Some work has been done in detecting photons since this was written.
> > > > > > Do catch up.
>
> > > > > Do you mean the like the absurd nonsense which causes you to believe
> > > > > the future determines the past?
>
> > > > They're called experimental measurements. Regardless, the statement "A
> > > > photon is detected as a particle" is a false statement and is
> > > > unsupportable with current information.
>
> > > > Feel free to continue to make any false statements you would prefer to
> > > > be true as long as you wish. I'm sure it feels good.
>
> > > Experimental measurements is determining a C-60 molecule ALWAYS enters
> > > and exits a single slit because it ALWAYS detected exiting a single
> > > slit.
>
> > I'm sorry, but you've drifted from the topic. The topic is whether a
> > photon is detected as a particle. That is a false statement.
>
> > This is separate from the other boondoggle you referred to.
>
> > PD
>
> The following is the reason a photon is detected as a particle.
>
> 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> by the double solution theory
> Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf
>
> "I called this relation, which determines the particle's motion in the
> wave, "the guidance formula". It may easily be generalized to the case
> of an external field acting on the particle."
>
> "This result may be interpreted by noticing that, in the present
> theory, the particle is defined as a very small region of the wave
> where the amplitude is very large, and it therefore seems quite
> natural that the internal motion rythm of the particle should always
> be the same as that of the wave at the point where the particle is
> located."
>
> de Broglie's definition of wave-particle duality is of a physical wave
> and a physical particle. The particle occupies a very small region of
> the wave.
>
> You then went on to say this is old and there is a new 'understanding'
> of what a photon is. I am simply stating that your present
> 'understanding' of nature requires you to ignore the experimental
> evidence of a C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected exiting a single
> slit and your present 'understanding' of nature which requires the
> future to determine the past.
>
> I am explaining to you how your present 'understanding' of nature is
> incorrect and de Broglie wave mechanics is a more correct
> understanding of the physics of nature.

Nah. de Broglie didn't have access to the experimental information we
now have. After all, he's been dead a long time. So, apparently, have
you.

And no, I'm not ignoring any information obtained in experiment. The
current model is fully consistent with experimental data.

And no, I didn't say there was a "new understanding". What I said is
that there is more and newer experimental information available than
what de Broglie had at the time he tried to understand things. New
information is useful for coming up with an improved understanding.
You don't seem to be particularly in tune with any of that newer
information.

The statement "a photon is detected as a particle" is a claim about
experimental FACT. No "reason" informs the truth of this statement. No
"interpretation" makes it true or not. You listed it as a fact. It is
an incorrect statement, because more recent information than what was
available in 1924 shows that a photon is not always detected as a
particle.
From: mpc755 on
On May 10, 2:36 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 1:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 10, 2:20 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 10, 1:00 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On May 10, 1:47 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On May 10, 12:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On May 10, 11:49 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On May 10, 9:42 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On May 10, 10:27 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On May 9, 7:09 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > On May 9, 12:22 am, spudnik <Space...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > it is too bad that U.Al cannot engage in debate, because
> > > > > > > > > > > he certainly has a valid "point" about the duality, and
> > > > > > > > > > > that is your only real problem.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > admittedly, it is more of a quandary with fullerenes, but
> > > > > > > > > > > there is not even any "where," there, with the "photon"
> > > > > > > > > > > -- unless you think that a Nobel is an adequate laurel,
> > > > > > > > > > > to resurrect Sir Isaac's nutty corpuscle (the one
> > > > > > > > > > > that goes faster in denser media .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > more precisely, E's neologism of "quantum
> > > > > > > > > > > of light, I shall call, photon," does not neccesitate that
> > > > > > > > > > > "the photon must be a particle (zero-dimensional,
> > > > > > > > > > > no mass, no momentum QED .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > A photon is detected as a particle.
>
> > > > > > > > > No, it's not. Where did you get that idea?
>
> > > > > > > > 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> > > > > > > > by the double solution theory
> > > > > > > > Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf
>
> > > > > > > Some work has been done in detecting photons since this was written.
> > > > > > > Do catch up.
>
> > > > > > Do you mean the like the absurd nonsense which causes you to believe
> > > > > > the future determines the past?
>
> > > > > They're called experimental measurements. Regardless, the statement "A
> > > > > photon is detected as a particle" is a false statement and is
> > > > > unsupportable with current information.
>
> > > > > Feel free to continue to make any false statements you would prefer to
> > > > > be true as long as you wish. I'm sure it feels good.
>
> > > > Experimental measurements is determining a C-60 molecule ALWAYS enters
> > > > and exits a single slit because it ALWAYS detected exiting a single
> > > > slit.
>
> > > I'm sorry, but you've drifted from the topic. The topic is whether a
> > > photon is detected as a particle. That is a false statement.
>
> > > This is separate from the other boondoggle you referred to.
>
> > > PD
>
> > The following is the reason a photon is detected as a particle.
>
> > 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> > by the double solution theory
> > Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf
>
> > "I called this relation, which determines the particle's motion in the
> > wave, "the guidance formula". It may easily be generalized to the case
> > of an external field acting on the particle."
>
> > "This result may be interpreted by noticing that, in the present
> > theory, the particle is defined as a very small region of the wave
> > where the amplitude is very large, and it therefore seems quite
> > natural that the internal motion rythm of the particle should always
> > be the same as that of the wave at the point where the particle is
> > located."
>
> > de Broglie's definition of wave-particle duality is of a physical wave
> > and a physical particle. The particle occupies a very small region of
> > the wave.
>
> > You then went on to say this is old and there is a new 'understanding'
> > of what a photon is. I am simply stating that your present
> > 'understanding' of nature requires you to ignore the experimental
> > evidence of a C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected exiting a single
> > slit and your present 'understanding' of nature which requires the
> > future to determine the past.
>
> > I am explaining to you how your present 'understanding' of nature is
> > incorrect and de Broglie wave mechanics is a more correct
> > understanding of the physics of nature.
>
> Nah. de Broglie didn't have access to the experimental information we
> now have. After all, he's been dead a long time. So, apparently, have
> you.
>
> And no, I'm not ignoring any information obtained in experiment. The
> current model is fully consistent with experimental data.
>
> And no, I didn't say there was a "new understanding". What I said is
> that there is more and newer experimental information available than
> what de Broglie had at the time he tried to understand things. New
> information is useful for coming up with an improved understanding.

Only in your state of delusional denial would having to disregard the
experimental evidence of the C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected
exiting a single slit and having to choose to believe the future
determines the past would that be considered an improved understanding
of the physics of nature.

The following is the reason a photon is detected as a particle.

'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
by the double solution theory
Louis de BROGLIE'
http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf

"I called this relation, which determines the particle's motion in the
wave, "the guidance formula". It may easily be generalized to the case
of an external field acting on the particle."

"This result may be interpreted by noticing that, in the present
theory, the particle is defined as a very small region of the wave
where the amplitude is very large, and it therefore seems quite
natural that the internal motion rythm of the particle should always
be the same as that of the wave at the point where the particle is
located."

de Broglie's definition of wave-particle duality is of a physical wave
and a physical particle. The particle occupies a very small region of
the wave.

You then went on to say this is old and there is a new 'understanding'
of what a photon is. I am simply stating that your present
'understanding' of nature requires you to ignore the experimental
evidence of a C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected exiting a single
slit and your present 'understanding' of nature which requires the
future to determine the past.

I am explaining to you how your present 'understanding' of nature is
incorrect and de Broglie wave mechanics is a more correct
understanding of the physics of nature.

A moving C-60 molecule has an associated aether displacement wave. The
C-60 molecule enters and exits a single slit in a double slit
experiment while the associated aether displacement wave enters and
exits multiple slits. The wave creates interference upon exiting the
slits which alters the direction the C-60 molecule travels. Detecting
the C-60 molecule causes decoherence of the associated aether
displacement wave (i.e. turns it into chop) and there is no
interference.

> You don't seem to be particularly in tune with any of that newer
> information.
>
> The statement "a photon is detected as a particle" is a claim about
> experimental FACT. No "reason" informs the truth of this statement. No
> "interpretation" makes it true or not. You listed it as a fact. It is
> an incorrect statement, because more recent information than what was
> available in 1924 shows that a photon is not always detected as a
> particle.

From: PD on
On May 10, 1:38 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 2:36 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On May 10, 1:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > On May 10, 2:20 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > On May 10, 1:00 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > On May 10, 1:47 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > On May 10, 12:24 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > On May 10, 11:49 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > On May 10, 9:42 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > On May 10, 10:27 am, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > On May 9, 7:09 am, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > On May 9, 12:22 am, spudnik <Space...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > it is too bad that U.Al cannot engage in debate, because
> > > > > > > > > > > > he certainly has a valid "point" about the duality, and
> > > > > > > > > > > > that is your only real problem.
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > admittedly, it is more of a quandary with fullerenes, but
> > > > > > > > > > > > there is not even any "where," there, with the "photon"
> > > > > > > > > > > > -- unless you think that a Nobel is an adequate laurel,
> > > > > > > > > > > > to resurrect Sir Isaac's nutty corpuscle (the one
> > > > > > > > > > > > that goes faster in denser media .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > > more precisely, E's neologism of "quantum
> > > > > > > > > > > > of light, I shall call, photon," does not neccesitate that
> > > > > > > > > > > > "the photon must be a particle (zero-dimensional,
> > > > > > > > > > > > no mass, no momentum QED .-)
>
> > > > > > > > > > > A photon is detected as a particle.
>
> > > > > > > > > > No, it's not. Where did you get that idea?
>
> > > > > > > > > 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> > > > > > > > > by the double solution theory
> > > > > > > > > Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001.pdf
>
> > > > > > > > Some work has been done in detecting photons since this was written.
> > > > > > > > Do catch up.
>
> > > > > > > Do you mean the like the absurd nonsense which causes you to believe
> > > > > > > the future determines the past?
>
> > > > > > They're called experimental measurements. Regardless, the statement "A
> > > > > > photon is detected as a particle" is a false statement and is
> > > > > > unsupportable with current information.
>
> > > > > > Feel free to continue to make any false statements you would prefer to
> > > > > > be true as long as you wish. I'm sure it feels good.
>
> > > > > Experimental measurements is determining a C-60 molecule ALWAYS enters
> > > > > and exits a single slit because it ALWAYS detected exiting a single
> > > > > slit.
>
> > > > I'm sorry, but you've drifted from the topic. The topic is whether a
> > > > photon is detected as a particle. That is a false statement.
>
> > > > This is separate from the other boondoggle you referred to.
>
> > > > PD
>
> > > The following is the reason a photon is detected as a particle.
>
> > > 'Interpretation of quantum mechanics
> > > by the double solution theory
> > > Louis de BROGLIE'http://www.ensmp.fr/aflb/AFLB-classiques/aflb124p001..pdf
>
> > > "I called this relation, which determines the particle's motion in the
> > > wave, "the guidance formula". It may easily be generalized to the case
> > > of an external field acting on the particle."
>
> > > "This result may be interpreted by noticing that, in the present
> > > theory, the particle is defined as a very small region of the wave
> > > where the amplitude is very large, and it therefore seems quite
> > > natural that the internal motion rythm of the particle should always
> > > be the same as that of the wave at the point where the particle is
> > > located."
>
> > > de Broglie's definition of wave-particle duality is of a physical wave
> > > and a physical particle. The particle occupies a very small region of
> > > the wave.
>
> > > You then went on to say this is old and there is a new 'understanding'
> > > of what a photon is. I am simply stating that your present
> > > 'understanding' of nature requires you to ignore the experimental
> > > evidence of a C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected exiting a single
> > > slit and your present 'understanding' of nature which requires the
> > > future to determine the past.
>
> > > I am explaining to you how your present 'understanding' of nature is
> > > incorrect and de Broglie wave mechanics is a more correct
> > > understanding of the physics of nature.
>
> > Nah. de Broglie didn't have access to the experimental information we
> > now have. After all, he's been dead a long time. So, apparently, have
> > you.
>
> > And no, I'm not ignoring any information obtained in experiment. The
> > current model is fully consistent with experimental data.
>
> > And no, I didn't say there was a "new understanding". What I said is
> > that there is more and newer experimental information available than
> > what de Broglie had at the time he tried to understand things. New
> > information is useful for coming up with an improved understanding.
>
> Only in your state of delusional denial would having to disregard the
> experimental evidence of the C-60 molecule ALWAYS being detected
> exiting a single slit and having to choose to believe the future
> determines the past would that be considered an improved understanding
> of the physics of nature.

I'm not disregarding anything. The current model is FULLY consistent
with all the experimental data, with none of it disregarded.

Your statement that the photon is always detected as a particle is
still factually false.


From: waldofj on
> Your statement that the photon is always detected as a particle is
> still factually false.

I thought that was always the case. Of course I'm thinking in terms of
the Copenhagen interpretation of QM. When is a photon not detected as
a particle?

From: PD on
On May 10, 2:21 pm, waldofj <wald...(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> > Your statement that the photon is always detected as a particle is
> > still factually false.
>
> I thought that was always the case. Of course I'm thinking in terms of
> the Copenhagen interpretation of QM. When is a photon not detected as
> a particle?

Particles do not exhibit interference. Photons do. Just as an example.
Light consists of photons, but an assembly of photons has a property
called wavelength, which can be directly measured with a grating
spectrometer with great precision. The wavelength of a single photon
is not measurable with a grating spectrometer, though the energy or
momentum is. Thus, when I measure the wavelength of light, is it a
fair statement to say I'm detecting light as a particle?

Light has a litany of properties, including some that are particle-
like and some that are wave-like. It is improper to say that when
light is exhibiting particle-like properties, that's when it consists
of photons. It consists of photons all the time. But photons behave in
ways that are unlike a usual particle description. Alternatively, you
could say that photons are particles, but that the term "particle" now
has to be completely redefined to mean something other than what it
did in the 19th century.

PD