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Is The Wavelength The “Size” of The Photon Particle?

The wavelength of a photon particle is perfectly well-defined but only when it’s in a momentum eigenstate (i.e., when it has perfectly well-defined momentum–and energy). However, this never happens since a photon is always in a superposition of momentum eigenstates: Perhaps, the quantity that we might want to consider as the “size” of a photonContinue reading “Is The Wavelength The “Size” of The Photon Particle?”

The Consequences of Popularizing Science

I fail to see the fascination over the likes of Carl Sagan, Michio Kaku, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, “The Science Guy”, David Keith and others of that ilk. Thinking back, years ago, when I was attending college, I had a professor who, himself, believed that “popular science” was the result of the decentralization ofContinue reading “The Consequences of Popularizing Science”

Just How Good Is The Copenhagen Interpretation?

In respect to cosmology, some would say that the Copenhagen Interpretation isn’t good due to the fact that there is no outside [classical] observer. So, how would you generalize quantum mechanics in a way that you can deal with cosmology as a whole and not just in a limited region? The best attempt, in thisContinue reading “Just How Good Is The Copenhagen Interpretation?”

First, There’s The Experiment, And Then There’s The Outcome…(Quantum Physics)

In most cases, there is always a large amount or “randomness” involved in experiments such as EPR-Bell experiments when getting the final outcome. For instance, the angle is random and should be set in the very last moment (i.e., outside A’s light-cone) to do it properly. And, depending on the relative angle [a-b], you getContinue reading “First, There’s The Experiment, And Then There’s The Outcome…(Quantum Physics)”

H I G G S – B O S O N

Let me speak a little bit on this “Higgs” stuff. The “thing” discovered decayed into two photons. A meson made of a quark and its own anti-quark, could decay into two photons–considering the J/psi particle (which is made of a charmed quark and an anti-charm quark). So, how do we know that the new particleContinue reading “H I G G S – B O S O N”

A P P R O A C H

Man, I wish I had a “dream job” of working for a highly-profitable company so I can have a fat bank account–and the reason why is so that when the day comes for me to retire I’ll be able to use the money I have in that fat bank account to fund my own researchContinue reading “A P P R O A C H”