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There may be a better diagram somewhere, but I haven't seen it. Of course it would be more realistic to show it not polarized since most light sources aren't polarized, but then it would be too messy, so they show the polarized example and then we can just imagine it non-polarized.
originally posted by: ImaFungi
Haha! I have not been able to find a better one, that is why im questioning your science. I am not answering, I am questioning. Your answer, that diagram, is not sufficient enough to answer my questions.
I dont like it because it is very bare and not detailed enough. I dont know where those waves are coming from, I dont see whats causing their creation, and I dont see what keeps them the exact amplitude they are, why they dont just fall apart
The motion of the electron causing EM radiation is only one possible source. Others are discussed below, and you should stop neglecting the other sources, please.
I suppose I can see what a photon may be referred to, and that may be exactly 1 movement of the electron, up or down, if one motion from a rest point, down, creates 1 burst of wave, I suppose I can see how that can be considered 'the particle of light'
Maybe you should strive to understand the field independent of the electron first. For example, if we detect photons from a 4 solar mass star in a very distant galaxy, the star might have collapsed into a black hole billions of years ago, but the photon continues on its journey to us for billions of years with undiminished energy as far as we can tell. This is actually pretty amazing and non-intuitive to some extent, but such is quantum mechanics...this is just the way we observe nature to work. You don't have to like it, but you have to accept observations for what they are, or reject them and live in a fantasy with no connection to reality. I'm not sure which you're inclined to do.
It doesnt show how the field exists. The field is not the electron right, the field exists all around the electron
Correct, and this is more not so intuitive QM strangeness. Let's say you have a radiating sphere with 4 northern and 4 southern quadrants, for a total of 8. It could conceivably radiate 7 photons from 7 of the 8 quadrants, and one quadrant might have radiated nothing. This is sort of a quantum mechanical breakdown of the uniformity of the radiated emissions. In most cases photons are so plentiful it's inconsequential but when observing distant stars in distant galaxies, it can become significant, as we might receive photons from a particular distant object at relatively long intervals say about once an hour, which is why observations like the Hubble Deep Field took 10 days to make.
when an electron is accelerated does one direction of light wave 'jut' out like that diagram, or does radiation radiate all around its vertical axis? I dont think it radiates in all spherical directions right.
You can either refer to the illustration I posted, or study Maxwell's equations. The fact you're asking this tells me you didn't really bother to even try to understand the illustration which answers this question about as well it can be answered without math. And once again, the electrons involved in the creation of photons we see from distant galaxies may not even exist anymore. The photon goes on without limit, long after the electron which emitted it was crushed in a neutron star or black hole or whatever. If you observe gamma rays, there may be no electron at all involved, it could be from a neutron changing energy states releasing a gamma ray photon as it falls to a lower energy state.
In/of the EM field, how are the Magnetic field and Electric field components of the field, 'nestled'? Is it an EM fabric, knit like. There is not good detailing of how the total field exists, and how the electrons interaction in the locality of the total field, produces the manner and means in which physicists know what light is and how it propagates.
Your questions don't reflect an understanding of this quoted statement, as far as I can tell. While radio waves, light and gamma rays are all forms of EM radiation, their origins are not the same. This mentions different types of radio wave sources:
When an atom undergoes a de-excitation transition, a photon is often emitted which carries off energy equal to the difference in energies of the two electronic levels involved. An analogous phenomenon occurs in nuclear transitions between nuclear energy levels. The photons emitted in nuclear transitions are called gamma-rays and generally have energies several orders of magnitude greater than atomic photons.
Here's an illustration for the second category:
What causes Radio Waves?
• Vibrating atoms and molecules
– Thermal vibrations due to temperature
– Rotational energy for asymmetric molecules
• Excited atoms and molecules
– Absorption/emission of energy (a photon)
• Accelerating charged particles
– Movement in electric or magnetic fields
originally posted by: dragonridr
So why doesn’t the electric field of a charged object just zoom away at the speed of light?
It turns out that the photons which make up a static electric or magnetic field are "virtual" -- their energy and momentum doesn’t satisfy the relationship for "real" photons which is E=p*c (E is energy, p=momentum, and c is the speed of light).The virtual photons are constantly emitted and reabsorbed. A charged object with an electric (and possibly also a magnetic) field is surrounded by an entourage of photons, constantly being emitted and reabsorbed.
Photons, real and virtual, are emitted and absorbed by charged particles, even though they are not charged themselves. They only interact with charged particles, and not with each other.Well there may be one exception to this i wont go into right now but lets say its remote or at least never been observed yet. Any way energy is transferred by the creation and absorption of these virtual particles.The photon carries information as to the charge sign of its source. Hence the electron receiving the photon can decide whether to be attracted or repelled. Ill see if i can find a diagram for you that i like i found two but both are confusing for me even. Now in QM we call photons force carriers because they propagate the electromagnetic field. Ill stop here for a moment but ill add this to give you an idea what QM shows as interactions.
Did you even read my reply? I just said the photon can come from a neutron, so why would I draw a EM diagram showing it coming from an electron when you would correctly then just say it's wrong because there was no electron involved?
originally posted by: ImaFungi
a reply to: Arbitrageur
Does the EM field exist all around the electron? And it is somehow attached?
You are acting like you think a photon physically comes from an electron, as vomit physically comes from a humans mouth. I thought this was the exact concept field theory wished to abolish. So there I say the diagram is bad, for not detailing the entirety of the EM field around the electron.
I have yet to see any model that is a flawless representation of reality. However Maxwell's equations are a non-quantum mechanical approximation which are pretty accurate in many cases. The more correct but still not perfect theory is QED (Quantum ElectroDynamics). That link shows the QED version of the classical Maxwell equations.
Also yes, electrons in orbitals is the same thing. Electron moves, radiation is created. Electron is coupled to EM field. Acceleration of electron, or any jerky movements, causes radiation. Radiation is the energy equal to the mass of the electron im guessing times other variables im not exactly sure of like the electrons prior velocity and the relative mass, or energy added to the electron during the acceleration.
Why hasnt someone...or the thousands of people who have studied maxwells equations, drawn a decent diagram of what they say the universe is? Or are maxwells equations a useful approximation/tool and not a coherent and detailed replica of reality
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: ImaFungi
Ill make this simple the fields your searching for is those virtual particles. Its the latent energy from the creation of the universe. Its everywhere and interactions with this explains all particle interactions.
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
Did you even read my reply? I just said the photon can come from a neutron, so why would I draw a EM diagram showing it coming from an electron when you would correctly then just say it's wrong because there was no electron involved?
originally posted by: ImaFungi
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
Did you even read my reply? I just said the photon can come from a neutron, so why would I draw a EM diagram showing it coming from an electron when you would correctly then just say it's wrong because there was no electron involved?
wow, this is complete red herring. I care only about the fundamentals, im using the electron as an example, if you want to use a neutron please do, to me witnessing the greatest minds knowledge produce an image I can see, of how they see the detailed creation of EM radiation from a charged (or neutral particle) of the universe, with its field, is all I want to see.
originally posted by: ImaFungi
originally posted by: dragonridr
a reply to: ImaFungi
Ill make this simple the fields your searching for is those virtual particles. Its the latent energy from the creation of the universe. Its everywhere and interactions with this explains all particle interactions.
Latent energy, if its the fields im searching for, am I not searching for all the energy? And if all the energy that exists now has always existed, and will always exist, isnt all the energy latent? So you see that doesnt really explain anything.
And then calling the fields, which I dont understand how they physically exist, 'virtual particles', does nothing to describe or explain what they are or how they exist.
Is a field a solid (not in material terms, but in terms of connection), partless/component less, substance? Or is a field a network of parts?
Now if you say, a field is parts, or the field is the space between particles and virtual particles, as well as those particles them self, I must ask, what then 'is that' in between the particles? How is the field nature that is not describable by particles? Can it physically be described?
originally posted by: dragonridr
See the stuff you want to ignore is the basics and you need understanding of the basics to even grasp the concepts. The reason they dont have the convenient diagram because this diagram would have to contain months of physics classes reduced to a drawing not going to happen. I saw some attempts by grad students and lets just say they looked confused. To show you all involved in what you believe to be a simple transaction we have entire books on it. Yet you want a simple diagram well like in anything in life to get to what you want there is no short cuts. We tried to guide you in the right directions getting you to ask the right questions but you refuse to look.
originally posted by: Arbitrageur
a reply to: dragonridr
I agree. Einstein said "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." and we have a case here where someone wants it to be simpler, yet still accurate.
We can make it simpler and less accurate.
originally posted by: dragonridr
See there is no in between particles virtual particles are everywhere energy is everywhere. No point in the universe has zero energy. I know you heard me say this but you didnt grasp the concept pick any point anywhere no matter how small and there is energy there in fact the smaller the area we look the more energy it has.So there is no empty space in the universe there is always energy there.
originally posted by: ImaFungi
originally posted by: dragonridr
See there is no in between particles virtual particles are everywhere energy is everywhere. No point in the universe has zero energy. I know you heard me say this but you didnt grasp the concept pick any point anywhere no matter how small and there is energy there in fact the smaller the area we look the more energy it has.So there is no empty space in the universe there is always energy there.
Ok nice! Now we have gotten somewhere. Though I disagree the smaller an area you look the more energy is there, that makes no sense, this is the kind of nonsensical thoughts that seem to run rampant with you...'physicists', the reason it is nonsensical/illogical/most likely/most definitely wrong, is that large areas are nothing but little areas. So if little areas have lots of energy, and larger areas are composed of little areas, then larger areas have more energy then little areas.
Ok, so how many fundamental fields are there that exist all throughout the universe? Main ones are Gravity field, EM field, Higgs field, and then Electron field and Quark field? Are there also neutrino field, and each fundamental particle has its own field, that exists everywhere throughout space?
originally posted by: dragonridr
Ok before re tackling fields let me explain why the smaller the volume the more energy we see. Lets say we have a room 10ft by 10ft and we place a candle in the middle and the room started at 32 degrees. that candle may cause the room temperature to rise one or two degrees when we measure it. Remember heat is energy now we take that same candle and place it in a room 1 ft by 1 ft now that same candle would easily heat the room by 20 degrees. Now we take that same candle and place it in a metal box 6 in by 6 in that same candle would heat that box to the point you can cook on it. Energy level is unchanged during all this what changed was the space in which we had to divide the energy. This same exact reason is why the smaller of unit of space the more energy we see. You keep looking at things from what you believe to be logical but realize the universe is counter intuitive in a lot of ways.
You and KrzYma make a point we don't know everything, and Feynman and other scientists admit we don't have all the answers. Feynman says in those lectures that he's so tired of people asking him about what we don't know, that he intentionally made those lectures about what we DO know so people asking questions will at least be armed with that much knowledge.
originally posted by: ImaFungi
I am questioning the most fundamental aspects of your believed theory, as to try and get you all to think about it further, and illuminate the currently dark logical tenants that must exist for what your theory states to be an accurate reflection of reality. Your theory and model is nice, but I have hit the end of its limits with my questions, it cannot satisfy my questions, this is not anyone or anythings blame or fault, but the fact that humans were born completely ignorant, reality is always completely true, and the complete truth appears to be completely difficult to pin down and know.