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Shri13
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Hi friends, this is my third post of my curiosity.
First of all a photonic vacuum (as defined by me) is a region of space where there doesn't exist any type of photons or EM radiations ( those too which are beyond the detection of our present tech... i.e. including each and every radiation of EM spectrum).
Now my first question is does there exist any place like this?
If not then is it possible to create one? (My hypothesis= not possible at least now)
We know that every region in space (at least on earth) is full of some sort of radiation (like microwaves which are detectable or also some of them beyond our detection like hypothetical cosmic radiations which we are not aware of).
Now according to our modern atomic model electrons revolves in certain stationary orbitals which are quantised. All of these atoms exist in space along with other radiations, continuously continuously emitting and absorbing radiations of particular frequency (as they show spectral lines) while maintaining their equilibrium in respective orbitals.
Now consider the following thought experiment...
Assume there exist a photonic vacuum in your lab. Now you have picked up a single atom of any type and placed in that photonic vaccum. My questions are:
Will atom be able to maintain its stability?
Will its stationary states remain at the same levels or will they change?
As there are no photons for electrons to maintain their orbits won't they lose their energy and fall into the nucleus destabilising the whole atom? ( here I am not stating Rutherford's drawbacks but I asked this question assuming that atoms exist in reality because of continuous supply of radiation energy to them to maintain the electrons in their stationary orbits. I hypothesized that electrons in their stationary states maintain equilibrium by opposing the electro static force of attraction of nucleus with the energy from photons. Since they continuously show dark lines in absorption spectrum I think this is that energy that electrons are using. Also it may also be using energy from other region of spectrum which are available to maintain their stability.)
Also my question is will a particular atom show different line spectrum for different regions of EM spectrum. For e.g I know only about visible light line spectrum of atoms. What will happen to pattern of line spectrum if we only passed say gamma rays through them and observe the gamma ray line spectrum? Will some pattern or line spectrum even exist in gamma region as in the visible region?
#To summarise, my overall question is will atoms ever exist in photonic vacuum? Why or why not?
(Note: I am still young in physics so I may not know if some modern theories have already discarded or proved the above questions. So please do tell me more, I want to learn. also if I was not able to ask my question properly please do tell me. I will elaborate as much as I could. Thanks in advance)
First of all a photonic vacuum (as defined by me) is a region of space where there doesn't exist any type of photons or EM radiations ( those too which are beyond the detection of our present tech... i.e. including each and every radiation of EM spectrum).
Now my first question is does there exist any place like this?
If not then is it possible to create one? (My hypothesis= not possible at least now)
We know that every region in space (at least on earth) is full of some sort of radiation (like microwaves which are detectable or also some of them beyond our detection like hypothetical cosmic radiations which we are not aware of).
Now according to our modern atomic model electrons revolves in certain stationary orbitals which are quantised. All of these atoms exist in space along with other radiations, continuously continuously emitting and absorbing radiations of particular frequency (as they show spectral lines) while maintaining their equilibrium in respective orbitals.
Now consider the following thought experiment...
Assume there exist a photonic vacuum in your lab. Now you have picked up a single atom of any type and placed in that photonic vaccum. My questions are:
Will atom be able to maintain its stability?
Will its stationary states remain at the same levels or will they change?
As there are no photons for electrons to maintain their orbits won't they lose their energy and fall into the nucleus destabilising the whole atom? ( here I am not stating Rutherford's drawbacks but I asked this question assuming that atoms exist in reality because of continuous supply of radiation energy to them to maintain the electrons in their stationary orbits. I hypothesized that electrons in their stationary states maintain equilibrium by opposing the electro static force of attraction of nucleus with the energy from photons. Since they continuously show dark lines in absorption spectrum I think this is that energy that electrons are using. Also it may also be using energy from other region of spectrum which are available to maintain their stability.)
Also my question is will a particular atom show different line spectrum for different regions of EM spectrum. For e.g I know only about visible light line spectrum of atoms. What will happen to pattern of line spectrum if we only passed say gamma rays through them and observe the gamma ray line spectrum? Will some pattern or line spectrum even exist in gamma region as in the visible region?
#To summarise, my overall question is will atoms ever exist in photonic vacuum? Why or why not?
(Note: I am still young in physics so I may not know if some modern theories have already discarded or proved the above questions. So please do tell me more, I want to learn. also if I was not able to ask my question properly please do tell me. I will elaborate as much as I could. Thanks in advance)
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