Recent content by jcatom

So, the difference to me is that the gravitational interaction isn't one that has collapsed. It acts in 3 spatial dimensions as opposed to 1.

DaleSpam, Then I guess the real question I'm asking in the end, regardless of my apparent misconceptions, is if quantum gravity is possible at all? Gravity as a curvature of spacetime is apparently a 3d phenomenon. EM in the form of a photon travels in a straight line which I understand to be...

There's no use then in looking at it from the other perspective--that gravity behaves like EM, but for whatever reason it doesn't have a wavefunction collapse?...or, is able to resist the quantization. I'm cool with that not working, but this seems to be the closest I've gotten to the question...

Well in comment #22 of this thread jedishrfu says and chill_factor asks Both, I assume, are talking about the same thing that I am. 'Everywhere at once' was a poor phrase to use. I'm talking about the wavefunction collapse.

I will and thanks again. I'll also do better about quoting so that the direction of my response is more obvious. Thanks for the response. The difference I see is that a photon is in some sense everywhere at once until it interacts with something. Upon interaction the wavelike photon is...

I was responding to this question "Can you point out any physics in which the spatial dimensions plays a role in such interactions." Certainly didn't expect such animosity or condescension. Thanks I guess.

I don't mind being wrong, but I'm not 'obsessed' with anything either. Nor do I think that disparaging remarks towards people here engender respect. 'Obsession' almost always carries a negative connotation. Wouldn't a massive particle of the smallest size exert a gravitational 'pull' (which I...

Right, wave-particle duality. I've read about the double-slit experiments and how a single photon can even interfere with itself when it is in a wavelike state. My question is about that moment/point of interaction--the collapse of the wave-function. When there is suddenly a single photon, does...

I'm not trying to convince anyone of anything, just trying to understand. I'm also not trying to bug anyone. I've read a lot over the years and have several questions, but seem to have trouble asking them correctly.

Well, thanks for trying. My disconnect comes when I read about the quanta of the electromagnetic field (photons) carrying the force between particles. That through the exchange of photons the energy contained in the electromagnetic field is moved from one place to another. I know that it isn't...

So from another page: "In perturbative quantum field theory, the forces between particles are mediated by other particles. The electromagnetic force between two electrons is caused by an exchange of photons."

More than they would attract through gravitation?

So Wikipedia may be a hated thing to reference by some or all, but when I talk about strength there's a good chart here that shows what I'm talking about. The 'relative strength' mentioned in this chart is the same as what I've read in several other places about the befuddling weakness of...

I know that it is considered to be everywhere at once until it is detected. But when it is detected it is at a single point. The question is if it could be detected at all points on the imaginary spherical plane at once (which I know it can't) what would the difference in strength be as...

Let's try it as a thought experiment (please forgive me if I use the wrong terms, I'll do my best to clarify if needed). If we have some massive object like a planet, a rock or something that is perfectly spherical and then measure out some radius from the center there would be an imaginary...