Timeline for Thought experiment about wavelength of light through a medium [duplicate]
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| Nov 1, 2014 at 14:46 | history | closed |
ProfRob John Rennie Kyle Kanos ACuriousMind♦ JamalS |
Duplicate of Why doesn't the frequency of light change during refraction? | |
| Nov 1, 2014 at 9:08 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 1, 2014 at 9:02 | answer | added | ProfRob | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 1, 2014 at 2:21 | comment | added | Gödel | I know that the frequency remains constant in all practical cases, but could that really hold up with light working directly against a medium for so long? | |
| Nov 1, 2014 at 2:19 | comment | added | Gödel | By an extended amount of time I mean years (which we would never be able to observe). | |
| Nov 1, 2014 at 2:16 | comment | added | Gödel | It doesn't matter what the actual size of the medium is here, as long as it is greater than 1.0 (vacuum). But I am not asserting any GR effects either. I used it as an analogy, but my question is simple: Would light lose intrinsic energy after traveling through a medium that slowed it down (increased it's wavelength)for an extended amount of time? | |
| Oct 31, 2014 at 20:40 | answer | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 31, 2014 at 20:03 | comment | added | ProfRob | It isn't clear what you are asking. What do you think the size of the medium has to do with the question? If you are thinking of GR effects, you need to specify who is observing the wavelength, from where and when. | |
| Oct 31, 2014 at 19:35 | answer | added | garyp | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 31, 2014 at 18:24 | history | asked | Gödel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |