What IS happening with photon frequency?

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The discussion centers on the nature of photons and what oscillates within them, with participants expressing confusion over the relationship between photons and electromagnetic fields. It is clarified that photons are quantized excitations of the electromagnetic field, and their energy remains constant rather than oscillating. The oscillation refers to the electromagnetic field itself, which is influenced by accelerated charged particles. Participants also highlight the distinction between different quantum states of light, such as coherent and Fock states, and the complexities involved in understanding these concepts without a solid foundation in quantum mechanics. Ultimately, the conversation emphasizes the abstract nature of photons and the challenges in reconciling classical and quantum descriptions of light.
  • #31
Lie Algebra hmm.. nice.
Your explanations are sound I just have just a simple doubt that in earlier posts you saidbthe mass in the matter was due to quarks .But what about the interactions that take place between them as if we would literally add their masses for a simple nucleus it would come out to be larger than the observed.I think that mass due to quarks is a bit ambigous statement.
(Please clarify my doubts)
 
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  • #32
I believe that the interactions represent Strong Nuclear Force binding energy, and I'm not clear that it "adds" to the mass.
 
  • #33
Alanine said:
Lie Algebra hmm.. nice.
Your explanations are sound I just have just a simple doubt that in earlier posts you said the mass in the matter was due to quarks .But what about the interactions that take place between them as if we would literally add their masses for a simple nucleus it would come out to be larger than the observed.I think that mass due to quarks is a bit ambiguous statement.

I was a bit sloppy. Most of the mass in ordinary matter is due to the strong interaction,
generated dynamically through dynamical symmetry breaking. This results in constituent quark masses. These approximately add up to proton and neutron masses, and from these to the masses of atoms and molecules, and finally of the solids and fluids that make up our everyday world. The deviations are due to the fact that mass and energy are inter-convertible to some extent, and that the binding energy takes away a bit from particles bound together.
 

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