One has to understand the nature of the structure of the photon
to explain this phenomenon.Photons are deflected unevenly.Some will be moved more than others. Surely this classical theory,which suggests a uniform deflection,falls down faced with this conundrum?
One has to understand the nature of the structure of the photon
to explain this phenomenon.
The photon is,in simple terms,a rotating magnetic dipole.It`s little more than a rapidly oscillating magnet,and looking at the behaviour of ordinary iron bar magnets should give an insight into the bahaviour of photons.
Q/ How would two iron magnets interact with each other if they were brought close together?
A/ THEY`D ATTRACT one another.The magnets would orientate themselves so that unlike poles would be closest together.
Here`s the attractive force we`re looking for-Electrically neutral magnets are nonetheless interacting-This is schoolboy physics.But photons don`t sit still.Could they be interacting in such a fashion?
It is reasonable to assume that a photon on approaching a
material composed of charged particles-such as an atom-would do either/both of
the two following things:-
i/ It might SPEND MORE TIME IN ATTRACTIVE CONFIGURATIONS THAN REPULSIVE ONES.The photon might be constantly slowing down and speeding up its rotation to accomodate spending more time in favourable attractive configurations.
ii/ It might exhibit a GREATER DIPOLE MOMENT IN ATTRACTIVE CONFIGURATIONS THAN REPULSIVE ONES.It`s reasonable to suppose that an attractive force will increase the charge separation while a repulsive one will reduce it,making attraction,on average,stronger than repulsion.
The orientation of the photon when it is first affected by the nearby material,would also naturally have a bearing on its passage as it would dictate the amount of opportunities it would have for attraction.
But also,any deflection is dependent on the frequency of the light.This is because higher frequency light has a greater dipole moment because the positive and negative components are more separated,and this causes more attraction to occur.This effect manifests itself in chromatic aberration in optical instruments. |
Exaggerated simulation of chromatic aberration |
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According to these observations,photons should be scattered,and higher frequency ones should be scattered more than lower frequency ones,upon encountering magnetic charge.This is exactly what happens.
Does any of this make sense to you?Is it a reasonable explanation or are there so many holes that you drive a truck through it?
