At 2:43 PM -0500 7/27/01, drs wrote:
> >> 12:39 AM 7/25/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> >On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tim May wrote:
>
>
> IAAP, so let me make a suggestion. Don't argue about physics. The
>winner comes down to the person or persons least wrong since every
>description given so far
At 7:05 PM -0700 7/27/01, David Honig wrote:
>At 02:43 PM 7/27/01 -0500, drs wrote:
>> Let me suggest that everyone defer to "Classical Electrodynamics"
>>by Jackson, as a definitive reference. It's the canonical physics text on
>
>Tim May has also suggested Jackson. What flavor of anarcho-r
At 02:43 PM 7/27/01 -0500, drs wrote:
> Let me suggest that everyone defer to "Classical Electrodynamics"
>by Jackson, as a definitive reference. It's the canonical physics text on
Tim May has also suggested Jackson. What flavor of anarcho-radical
subversive discontent is Jackson?
;-P
>> 12:39 AM 7/25/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tim May wrote:
IAAP, so let me make a suggestion. Don't argue about physics. The
winner comes down to the person or persons least wrong since every
description given so far is an attempt to extend some part of an
On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 09:10:00AM -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
> ---Begin cut area---
>
> I, James Choate, was wrong. My statements concerning the interactions
> of photons with mirrors showed a clear misunderstanding of the
> underlying physics.
>
> ---End cut area---
My working theory is tha
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That current re-emits photons that retain both frequency and temporal/time
> related coherence (see Maxwell's Equations for more detail). However, the
> total number of photons MUST be reduced from the incident beam. This also
> means the incident photons ca
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Steve Schear wrote:
> The photons don't lose energy: the beam or flux is diminished in
> intensity. Your improper choice of terms is what's getting creating the
> misunderstandings.
Really? I'd say that any distinction between the 'photons energy' and the
'current energy
At 12:39 AM 7/25/2001 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Tim May wrote:
>
> > You're gibbering about things you have no clue about. Babbling about
> > "the intermediate vector boson" when you clearly don't even
> > understand high school physics is especially bizarre.
> >
> > Photons a
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
>The incident photons strike the mirror.
>
>A current is induced.
>
>That current is electrons moving in a resistor. Making heat, losing
>energy. Note, we are NOT talking about photons here but J/C.
>
>That current re-emits photons that retain both frequency
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
>The incident photons strike the mirror.
>
>A current is induced.
>
>That current is electrons moving in a resistor. Making heat, losing
>energy. Note, we are NOT talking about photons here but J/C.
>
>That current re-emits photons that retain both frequency
At 10:45 PM -0500 7/24/01, Jim Choate wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> You stated that every photon interacts, loses energy and is re-emitted.
>
>Sure, it has it's momentum changed. Think about it. The photon comes in
>from one direction and is absorbed/interacts with the
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