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Summary: massless particles (or at least photons) are attracted to other photons and to matter, but which is most attractive, and why ...
Summary: massless particles (or at least photons) are attracted to other photons and to matter, but which is most attractive, and why ...
I am really hoping someone might be able to offer a solution or at least offer guidance on something that is interesting me - are massless particles more attracted to particles with mass or other massless particles.
A good example to work with could be photons: is light more attracted to matter or to other photons...
High-power laser beams can bend other laser beams, which means that streams of light do affect each others trajectory; streams of light attract other streams of light (proved by the harvard biophotonics group, I believe)
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In 1919, four years after Einstein fully formulated his theory of gravity, his General Theory of Relativity, it was proven that light could indeed find itself attracted to objects with mass by measuring how much a beam of light could bend in their vicinity.
I would really love to know which provides most attraction. And if so, I’d love to know why.
I’ll look forward to anyone who might be able to shed a little, eh, light.
Best wishes
James
Summary: massless particles (or at least photons) are attracted to other photons and to matter, but which is most attractive, and why ...
I am really hoping someone might be able to offer a solution or at least offer guidance on something that is interesting me - are massless particles more attracted to particles with mass or other massless particles.
A good example to work with could be photons: is light more attracted to matter or to other photons...
High-power laser beams can bend other laser beams, which means that streams of light do affect each others trajectory; streams of light attract other streams of light (proved by the harvard biophotonics group, I believe)
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In 1919, four years after Einstein fully formulated his theory of gravity, his General Theory of Relativity, it was proven that light could indeed find itself attracted to objects with mass by measuring how much a beam of light could bend in their vicinity.
I would really love to know which provides most attraction. And if so, I’d love to know why.
I’ll look forward to anyone who might be able to shed a little, eh, light.
Best wishes
James