Timeline for What is the quantum (e.g. Photon) phenomena that represents the EM wave impedance?
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| Jul 15, 2016 at 8:36 | comment | added | Overmind | And the strength of the field in space is exactly the thing that dictates the speed of light. | |
| Jul 15, 2016 at 5:45 | answer | added | Bob Bee | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 18:38 | comment | added | Peter Diehr | For a discussion of vacuum impedance see Why does vaccum have a nonzero characteristic impedance towards electromagnetic radiation | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 18:05 | comment | added | CuriousOne | Why would photon reflect a classical wave impedance? A photon is part of the properties of a quantum field, not the entirety of its properties. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:51 | history | edited | garyp | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:49 | comment | added | auden | @K7PEH, no problem. If I find more sources I'll post them as comments. Have a good day! | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:48 | comment | added | K7PEH | @heather thank you for your efforts. Unfortunately, this morning (still morning in my location) I have run out of time for the day. I will have to take a look at the paper references later. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:43 | comment | added | auden | @K7PEH, here are the first sources I've found: 9, 5, 15, 17. The numbers correspond with the citation number in the original paper. I'll keep looking. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:41 | comment | added | K7PEH | @Digiproc Yes, I actually already know how free space impedance is derived and the relationship of permittivity and permeability with the speed of light. I am beginning to think though that my question could have been asked in a more specific way as it now looks too broad to me. A more accurate question would focus on the photon/quanta interaction with what I called "free space" where the wave impedance is the "classical" description of that interaction. Not sure how to pose that question though. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | Digiproc | The impedance exists regardless of the attributes of a particular charged particle, so that wouldn't make a difference. Although i don't understand it enough to give any details, I believe you can use en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… as a starting point. Specifically, consider the portion of an electric field that contributes to the relativistic magnetic fields (it has to do with the speed of the particle carrying the field). | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | auden | okay. That was really the only thing I found. I'll look for some of the sources online so if you want you can look to where he based his arguments. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:31 | comment | added | K7PEH | @heather My first fast read of the paper raises more questions. Further study would require that I investigate the basis of his arguments which seem fishy to me -- not sure I trust his paper. However, the paper does raise some other interesting questions about physical or quantum origins of the permittivity/permeability of free-space. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:13 | comment | added | K7PEH | @heather I will read the paper to see if it helps. It may. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 16:06 | comment | added | auden | Does this website help? If so I can try to find some of the references, etc. | |
| Jul 14, 2016 at 15:42 | history | asked | K7PEH | CC BY-SA 3.0 |