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A photons energy is 'hv', does this spread out to all locations or is it only contained at a specific radius?
jnorman said:the answer is that you cannot say anything at all about a photon in between the time it is emitted and the time it is absorbed.
jnorman said:olias - "a Photon has no precise value other than at locations of detection" - this is generally correct.
alexepascual said:I guess by CI you mean Copenhagen Interpretation right?
Regardless any interpretation, if you have light emmited by a laser, I don't think you can find the photon behind the laser or even 1 foot to the side of the beam. There may be waves there but they cancel.
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Olias said:Can you make a clear statement as to the existence of travel by Photons?
Simplistic question to your previous posts:Do Photons travel Distance?..again a Photon that is measured at one location and later at another location is process defined needed to MEASURE?
At what does speed does a probability happen for a Un-Certainty of measure to be Imprecise?
If a photon has a speed, c, then this implies that it occupies various location at various times.jnorman said:olias - "a Photon has no precise value other than at locations of detection" - this is generally correct.
alex - do not fall into the trap of assuming there is an understandable mechanism as to how the process operates. macro-logic is not applicable here. QM does not just indicate that the probability function applies only to our inability to measure or speak of a precise location - it states that there IS NO location.
I think your question is more fundamental between a particle and the "field" from which a particle arises in the study of Quantum Field Theory. Your question is what is the nature of a quantum field that propagates in packets and does not consist of waves that disperse in all directions? Good question.Olias said:A photons energy is 'hv', does this spread out to all locations or is it only contained at a specific radius?
A photon's energy refers to the amount of energy it carries as it travels through space. It is a fundamental unit of electromagnetic radiation and is directly proportional to its frequency.
As a photon travels through space, its energy is spread out in all directions. This is because photons are particles that behave like waves, and waves spread out as they travel.
No, the energy of a photon remains constant as it spreads out. This is known as the conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or transformed.
Yes, a photon's energy can be concentrated in one location through the use of lenses, mirrors, or other optical devices. These devices manipulate the path of the photons, causing them to converge at a specific point.
A photon's energy can be measured using various instruments, such as a spectrometer or a photometer. These instruments measure the frequency or wavelength of the photon, which can then be used to calculate its energy using the formula E = hv, where h is Planck's constant and v is the frequency of the photon.