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- What accelerates the light back to its constant speed, when it changes medium?
what energy is used to accelerate the light to its constant speed in vacuum after it exits the drop of water?
For example, let's suppose that there is a drop of water in vacuum. The light travels with the constant speed of light, then enters through the drop of water, decelerates, since the density is different, then it exits back to vacuum, supposedly traveling with the constant speed of light in vacuum.
There is a difference between the speed of the light in the medium of the drop of water, and the vacuum afterwards.
But the question is: what energy is used to accelerate the light to its constant speed in vacuum after it exits the drop of water?
There is a difference between the speed of the light in the medium of the drop of water, and the vacuum afterwards.
But the question is: what energy is used to accelerate the light to its constant speed in vacuum after it exits the drop of water?