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How does the electron make a photon in an antenna?
TimFox:
An example of quantum effect in practical systems: LASERs ("light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation") use stimulated emission from excited atoms stimulated by photons to produce coherent radiation.
Even though Einstein did not like how quantum mechanics ended up, he was the first to suggest this process.
The usual reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulated_emission
aetherist:
--- Quote from: TimFox on February 02, 2023, 12:07:53 am ---An example of quantum effect in practical systems: LASERs ("light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation") use stimulated emission from excited atoms stimulated by photons to produce coherent radiation.
Even though Einstein did not like how quantum mechanics ended up, he was the first to suggest this process.
The usual reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulated_emission
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Is there any problem with replacing the silly little orbiting electrons in QM with orbiting ELEKTRONS ?
Then u will have a model that is closer to reality.
And, absorption & emission etc in this new model will involve a free photon (eg light) changing to a semi-confined photon (an orbiting ELEKTRON) or viceversa – rather than the present silly kind of smoke & mirror & handwaving pseudo-process (a process which has never been described in any way)(hence it aint even pseudo, it is an absent-process) involving silly orbiting electrons.
TimFox:
Do your "electons" have mass 511 keV/c2, spin-1/2, and -e charge?
If so, they fit the model and can be renamed electrons.
aetherist:
--- Quote from: TimFox on February 02, 2023, 12:46:21 am ---Do your "elektrons" have mass 511 keV/c2, spin-1/2, and -e charge?
If so, they fit the model and can be renamed electrons.
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A good question.
All of the tests & measurements made on pseudo-electrons in atoms must obviously now be seen to have been made on ELEKTRONS.
Hence we can simply go back & change the c's in "ELECTRONS".
Pretty painless.
Re renaming ELEKTRONS electrons – that is a good idea. But, the problem is that free electrons do exist (ie electrons that don’t orbit in an atom) – a free electron is formed when a free photon forms a loop by biting its own tail, or is formed when an ELEKTRON bites its own tail. Hence we still need a separate word "electron".
Free photons have mass & momentum.
Semi-confined photons (ELEKTONS)(fundamental particles) are more massive.
Fully confined photons (eg elektrons muons quarks protons etc)(ie elementary particles) are even more massive.
JG Williamson has tried to explain how mass might behave that way (something to do with the tightness of the loops & figure8s & pretzels formed)(the tighter the loop the more massive)(somehow protons are much smaller than free electrons)(but free electrons are not involved in the make-up of atoms)(but free electrons do exist)(but don’t orbit anything).
TimFox:
The nice thing about real electrons is that those bound in atoms and those flying through space in an x-ray tube all have the same mass, etc.
Also, real photons, which have zero rest mass, are condemned to fly always at the speed of light in vacuo.
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