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This paper touches on the subject of whether light really needs a medium, which is termed the luminiferous ether, for its transmission as is in the case of sound which requires a fluid such as air or liquid as the medium for its transmission, and the subject of the velocity of light.
viXra, 2016
The presently accepted notion of wave/particle duality, especially when applied to light, is undoubtedly a cause of great unease for many. Here the issue is examined afresh in the light of ideas put forward in recent years, especially by Mayants, while not forgetting the contributions of those great scientists of the past. Explanations and interpretations are then offered to account for seemingly paradoxical effects.
Symmetries of Light and Emergence of Matter
Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 2018
Objectives: This article will suggest a mathematical model for the strong connection between light and matter. Proposed properties of light will be shown to the birth matter at any level of complexity. Methods/Statistical Analysis: A conceptual analytical model is constructed to elaborate the structure of light and its link with the matter. Consistent with the genre of modern-day theoretical models in the realm of physics this model is exploratory at this stage and proceeds by first creating a symmetrical multi-layered model of light. The implicit quaternary symmetry is modeled by mathematical equations and shown to have a direct relationship on the emergence of matter at the varying scale of complexity. Findings: This article suggests a unification of light and matter. The unifying principle is an essential set of characteristics that is posited to be true of the nature of light that is also found to exist in the perceived reality of matter as it emerges from the field level, through the quantum, atom, and cell levels-hence at subsequent levels of complexity. The mathematical transformations that spawn layers of light are erected so as to allow infinite diversity to emerge from essential unity. Hence the diversity of matter and matter-based organizations is suggested to be an outcome of simple mathematical transformations that emanate from the four fundamental properties of light. A first transformation creates four sets each comprising of up to an infinite number of similar elements. A second transformation creates seeds organized through a combination of the elements from each set. Application/Improvements: Interpretations of Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle and Schrödinger's Wave Equation. More detailed mappings of particles, of atoms, of molecular plans to the seed-type equations introduced in this article.
The Light - an integrated approach to the phenomenon
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011
Phenomena and natural processes have an integrated character. Interpretation and solving of simple or complicated problems related to natural phenomena involve recourse to knowledge, skills and competencies. They may not be framed purely in the context of a single discipline. Contemporary scientific world challenge lies in the ability to make quick and efficient interdisciplinary transfers, in synthesizing knowledge, skills and expertise gained by studying various disciplines. In this context, the light, as concept and phenomenon is analyzed in terms of natural sciences. Discipline like as Physics, Chemistry and Biology meeting on the level where they give an integrated approach of the light.
Contents 1 The nature of light: what is a photon?
2013
Artist's rendition of a Wigner function for six photons (see Mack and Schleich, p. 28). This issue of OPN Trends was conceived to bring together different views regarding a question asked over the course of centuries: What is the nature of light? Despite significant progress in our understanding, it remains an open question.
Light as a Matter Wave? A Simple Mathematical Examination of Two Proposed Concepts
viXra, 2017
At least three authors have proposed the concept of light as a traveling series of ‘matter waves.’ Such a concept does not require an ‘aether’ medium as does the more prevalent concept of light, if behaving as a wave, doing so analogous to other types of ‘disturbance waves,” such as sound or water. One author’s concept is examined mathematically for plausibility and, when found to be so, extended qualitatively to incorporate that of the other authors’ to at least what is hoped may be viewed as a reasonable extent.
Space, Light, and Matter (a work-in-progress)
Preface The article which follows is a work in progress. There are a few known issues, and some questions about certain items. The section on Gravity will be rewritten due to some inconsistencies, the topology of displacements which cause particle wavefunctions will be more fully and quantitatively described later, and the topic of Momentum will be addressed with more detail and precision. Most of the rest of article is pretty much as the author thinks it should be. As you read, please temporarily set aside certain preconceived notions from current popular theory, and look rather at experimental evidence, and the presentation of cause and effect. The pieces to this incredible puzzle will all eventually fit together seamlessly.
"The Journey of Light and the Universe" , 2023
"The Journey of Light and the Universe" Book Description: Light is the most extraordinary, fundamental, and extremely valuable entity in our universe, a boundless entity and an enigma similar to our vast universe, and at the same time the most mysterious and deep of all entities. It is a quantum of energy, a particle, the photon, and also a wave with a myriad number of interesting properties. The journey of a single photon of light from the early epochs of the universe to today, without moving an inch in its own frame of reference, is also a miracle. At the heart of the creation of the universe, it was probably some extraordinary and highly-energetic form of a quantum of light that created everything (possibly including space-time), however, the light itself remained locked in the high-energy plasma of the primordial universe (the Primeval Fireball) for nearly four hundred thousand years, till finally the first atoms were formed and the light was released, embarking upon a long and interesting journey in space and time since then, transcending into various forms and with that witnessing the evolution of our universe and its various eons. The progression of the understanding of light by the human mind has been a long journey, which took thousands of years, at least five millennia, witnessing a lot of upheaval in the world, similar to the billions of years’ sojourn of a photon (the particle of light) since the light parted from matter (the so-called Decoupling or Recombination era.) This book is an exciting story of light and the universe and everything about them for anyone interested in learning what light is, what its forms are, all the fascinating effects, and interactions it exhibits, and in addition, what is our universe, how it began, what are the elementary particles and radiation that constitute it and what are the various important objects the universe is made of, ranging from the smallest to the largest, written in the form of seven essays (in simple words, without any formulas or mathematical equations.) The topics of these essays include an introduction to the history of scientific thought, the major scientific findings and the key figures who made them, the nature and properties of light, an introduction to contemporary physical cosmology, essential topics in astronomy, especially related to star formation and evolution, supernovae explosions, the bewildering supermassive and extremely bright compact objects (such as quasars and blazars) and the large-scale structure in the universe, the strange world of quantum physics and its basic tenets, and the far pavilions, beyond light and infinities, the consciousness and the human mind, covering all the important topics of modern physics. In short, this book is a narration of the creation of both the universe and light and everything about them during their evolution in slightly more than the last thirteen and half billion years of the history of our universe, and how it connects to the consciousness and our mind, with up-to-date information and scientific facts, written in an easy-to-understand narrative. With an in-depth critique of the deep mysteries of space, time, matter, quantum fields, energy, information, the mind, and consciousness, this book could be the starting point for anyone who would like to embark upon the path of knowing nature of reality, in consonance with discovering our own existence and our place in the universe, as well as a supplementary text for the students and scholars in science.
The structure of light, 2019
This article describes the structure and behavior of light, without using the particle model.
On the Possibility of a Phenomenology of Light
PhaenEx, 2010
The phenomenological tradition has always had a peculiar preoccupation with light. This paper will attempt to determine how and why light appears as it does, and what this can tell us about the phenomenological understanding of light and its relevance. This will be carried out through a systematic analysis covering Husserl's study of light as "circumstance of apperception," Heidegger's interpretation of Plato's use of light as "symbol for the unsayable," and Levinas' interest in light as "rival to the 'there is'." This survey will allow us to see how light has been treated by phenomenology as a concept of central importance in the realms of perception, epistemology, and ontology. It is this multiform use that has allowed for the distinction between the concepts of "light" and "lighting" to become blurred, and has thus problematized any attempt at something like a phenomenology of light.