Units of spacetime in Minkowski metric

[ghwellsjr]

Let me make sure I have this straight: you're saying that the oscillation of the light motion inside the cesium atom covers a distance of 33 mm, correct?

I'm saying that is the physical distance between light crests resulting in the oscillation.

So you're saying that a photon is physically oscillating a distance of 33 mm inside the cesium atom, correct?

 

[Maxila]

So you're saying that a photon is physically oscillating a distance of 33 mm inside the cesium atom, correct?

No, photons don't oscillate they propagate electromagnetic waves perpendicular to their direction of travel http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch5/emwave.jpg ≈33mm is the wavelength between crest, and the length traveled by a photon from crest to crest, of the light emitted by the cesium atom.

Also see: "For the ultimate in accuracy, scientists reach for atoms, or more precisely, an exactly known frequency of light emitted by a chosen atom. The 'ticks' are the crests of a light wave," http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?org=DMR&cntn_id=114850&preview=false

 

[ghwellsjr]

So you're saying that a photon is physically oscillating a distance of 33 mm inside the cesium atom, correct?

No, photons don't oscillate

I thought they did inside a light clock so you need to either withdraw your claim that a cesium atom is a light clock or explain to me why you call a cesium atom a light clock.

they propagate electromagnetic waves perpendicular to their direction of travel http://www.physast.uga.edu/~jss/1010/ch5/emwave.jpg ≈33mm is the wavelength between crest of the light emitted by the cesium atom.

Are you saying that the photon is 33 mm wide as it is traveling through space? I still can't figure out where this 33 mm is that is just like the "physical distance to the oscillation of a pendulum of a grandfather clock" but with regard to a cesium atom.

 

[Maxila]

I thought they did inside a light clock so you need to either withdraw your claim that a cesium atom is a light clock or explain to me why you call a cesium atom a light clock.

Are you saying that the photon is 33 mm wide as it is traveling through space? I still can't figure out where this 33 mm is that is just like the "physical distance to the oscillation of a pendulum of a grandfather clock" but with regard to a cesium atom.

This is directly from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their document "NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Atomic Clock" They are the official keepers of US time, "Those atoms whose atomic state were altered by the microwave signal emit light (a state known as fluorescence). The photons, or the tiny packets of light that they emit, are measured by a detector... This frequency is the natural resonance frequency of the cesium atom (9,192,631,770 Hz), or the frequency used to define the second. http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/grp50/primary-frequency-standards.cfmIt appears the only purpose of your last two posts is merely to be argumentative; however If your base knowledge of physics and physics terms doesn't allow you to understand what is posted and what was already said, there is little more I can say that will help you understand it. I won't reply again to such nonsensical questions, or comments, or unsupported argumentative comments, such as:

Are you saying that the photon is 33 mm wide

So you're saying that a photon is physically oscillating a distance of 33 mm

I thought they did (referring to photons oscillating) inside a light clock so you need to either withdraw your claim that a cesium atom is a light clock or explain to me why you call a cesium atom a light clock.

 

[Dale]

Since the OP is not actively participating any more and since the conversation is getting a little tense this seems like a good place to call it quits.