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voxmagnetar
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Hello Again
Regarding photons: Is there any small transient time lag or "ramp up" between their point of emission and their full speed. In other words do they go Zero to 186,000 miles per second in all of an instant? And have there been any experiments to see if this is an instantaneous full speed acceleration?
Also I have several differing visual representations in my head regarding the shape of the wave aspect of a photon. And I am not 100% clear on the exact shape and energy of this wave as it accompanies the photon on it's "journey."
Say if a single photon was shot down a hypothetical hole (say two photons wide) that was drilled through a solid lead block, would the full wavefront of the photon as it exits this tiny tunnel be measurable just a microscopic distance from the perpendicular surface of the exit point and various distances along the surface at different distances along the exit plane from the exit hole but still a microscopic distance from the plane? In other words does a full wavefront appear the instant the photon emerges from the Hypothetical lead block, literally starting at the exact perpendicular plane of the exit point or would there be a dome like curve to the energy measured various distances from the exit point. I'm curious where the measurable wave effects of the photon would become evident along that exit plane and at various distances away from the exit point?
For some reason I use the theoretical "two photon wide tunnel through a lead block" just to have a baseline without having any gravity or other effects which may be present in the thin aperture of a dual slit experiment if that makes any sense.
I am not sure if the lead block example is the best example to find such a baseline depiction of the exiting shape of the wavefront of the exiting photon, maybe a totally non metallic ceramic block, but the idea is to have a surface on the other side to take measurements and reconstruct the energy "vectors" at various points and thus reconstruct the precise shape of the wave itself.
Thank you very much in advance
Vox
Regarding photons: Is there any small transient time lag or "ramp up" between their point of emission and their full speed. In other words do they go Zero to 186,000 miles per second in all of an instant? And have there been any experiments to see if this is an instantaneous full speed acceleration?
Also I have several differing visual representations in my head regarding the shape of the wave aspect of a photon. And I am not 100% clear on the exact shape and energy of this wave as it accompanies the photon on it's "journey."
Say if a single photon was shot down a hypothetical hole (say two photons wide) that was drilled through a solid lead block, would the full wavefront of the photon as it exits this tiny tunnel be measurable just a microscopic distance from the perpendicular surface of the exit point and various distances along the surface at different distances along the exit plane from the exit hole but still a microscopic distance from the plane? In other words does a full wavefront appear the instant the photon emerges from the Hypothetical lead block, literally starting at the exact perpendicular plane of the exit point or would there be a dome like curve to the energy measured various distances from the exit point. I'm curious where the measurable wave effects of the photon would become evident along that exit plane and at various distances away from the exit point?
For some reason I use the theoretical "two photon wide tunnel through a lead block" just to have a baseline without having any gravity or other effects which may be present in the thin aperture of a dual slit experiment if that makes any sense.
I am not sure if the lead block example is the best example to find such a baseline depiction of the exiting shape of the wavefront of the exiting photon, maybe a totally non metallic ceramic block, but the idea is to have a surface on the other side to take measurements and reconstruct the energy "vectors" at various points and thus reconstruct the precise shape of the wave itself.
Thank you very much in advance
Vox