Prosoothus
Registered Senior Member
When I was a kid, I learned that photons were particles consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields.
However, what if an photon has a non-oscillating static electric field? What if the atoms that emit photons emit a group of photons with different electric field strengths that when observed from a distance, resemble a wave. Let me try to explain:
Let's say that the static electric field strength of a photon can have the values -10 through 10. This is how the emmision of the photons would look:
Photon1=0
Photon2=3
Photon3=7
Photon4=10
Photon5=7
Photon6=3
Photon7=0
Photon8=-3
Photon9=-7
Photon10=-10
etc.......
If this was the case, a stream of photons would appear as a oscillating electric (and magnetic) wave, even though each individual photon would have a static electric field. Is this possible, or did I seriously screw up.
Tom
However, what if an photon has a non-oscillating static electric field? What if the atoms that emit photons emit a group of photons with different electric field strengths that when observed from a distance, resemble a wave. Let me try to explain:
Let's say that the static electric field strength of a photon can have the values -10 through 10. This is how the emmision of the photons would look:
Photon1=0
Photon2=3
Photon3=7
Photon4=10
Photon5=7
Photon6=3
Photon7=0
Photon8=-3
Photon9=-7
Photon10=-10
etc.......
If this was the case, a stream of photons would appear as a oscillating electric (and magnetic) wave, even though each individual photon would have a static electric field. Is this possible, or did I seriously screw up.
Tom