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    Graduate Photons Impact on the Visual Process

    Thanks Bill and Bill (only on a physics forum site!) Let me digest the information. Thanks for the feedback.
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    Graduate Photons Impact on the Visual Process

    Woah, I never thought of that before. Thanks! Follow-up...do photons move on the same paths as light? I mean do they scatter in all directions equally - all things being considered equal? And what about color...do photons impact the color? In other words if Particle A strikes a single...
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    Graduate Photons Impact on the Visual Process

    Thanks for the reply Bill, but Wiki is referring to how many photons must be absorbed by a single rod photoreceptor in order to create an impulse. However, a single photon may actually influence X number of receptors and that is the number I am after. And FYI - the latest studies reveal that a...
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    Graduate Photons Impact on the Visual Process

    My goal is to build a software program that simulates the function of the eye. As I (barely) understand things, a single photon can bounce off an object and enter my eye. Q1 - Does the photon determine the color? If not, what determines the color of that single wave/particle? Q2 - How...