From: snarfy@cruzio.santa-cruz.ca.us
Newsgroups: sci.physics
Subject: Defining Photons
Keywords: Street Sheet Tech Briefs # 2
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:45:35 PDT
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                         STREET SHEET TECH BRIEF #2

                       A QPKD FAX from Malnex at G-net

                     Forwarded to the sci.physics forum by
                               James Ostrowski
                          (..netcom!cruzio!snarfy!)

                Fundamentals of the Nature of Light and Matter

        The  concept  of  the  ``photon'' seems to be a central issue in
       discussions   we've   monitored   concerning   the   nature    of
       electromagnetic  radiation  (EMR).   Your  renowned mathematician
       and physicist, Einstein,postulated that a photon has no  ``rest''
       mass.   We  are  faced  ,then,  with  the  task of relating these
       theoretical ``particles'' that do not have a rest masses  to  the
       equation E=Mc^2 since it is assumed that M represents a rest mass
       value.

        For this purpose then, we  must  note  that  visible  light  and
       radiation located in other spectral frequency ranges induces an E
       value  that  can be defined in ordinary terms of watts or joules.
       Incident radiation impinging upon a receiving element will either
       be reflected , transformed and re-radiated , or absorbed  .   The
       amount  of  available energy that is not reflected or re-radiated
       is the amount absorbed by the process of transformation.

                                Ea=Et-(Er+Ex)
                                                          *
       Where Et=total Joules available from incident OEFD

             Er=total  Joules  not  extracted  from   available   Joules
                (reflected OEFD)

             Ex=available Joules transformed and reradiated  at  other
                than the incident wavelength OEFD

             Ea=Joules  absorbed  or  ``consumed''  by  the  process  of
                transformation.


        Each element has it's own spectral characteristic  that  can  be
       expressed  in  terms of varying ratios of to Ex to Er , dependent
       upon the wavelength value of the incident radiation.  The  actual
       amount   of   energy   Ea  absorbed  by  the  transformation  and
       re-radiation process is typically very small.  Factoring  in  the
       laws  of  conservation of mass and energy leads to the conclusion
       that the absorbed energy must be  actually  transformed  into  an
       increase  of  the receiving element's rest mass M.  The amount of
       available energy not converted  to  mass  in  this  way  is  left
       untransformed   and  reflected  at  the  incident  wavelength  or
       transformed and re-radiated  at  wavelengths  determined  by  the
       process of tranformation which is characteristic to the receiving
       element.

        It must be emphasised that ``reflected available energy'' is not
       the same thing as ``reflected energy'' since the energy is in the
       form  of  a  potential only. To have actual energy in the form of
       ``Joules'' one must have energy ``flow'' which implies current or
       ``amps''.  During the time that an OEFD is traversing  space  and
       not  encountering  a  conductance  path  there  are  no ``amps'',
       therefore no ``watts''  therefore  no  ``joules''.   It  is  only
       through  Electric  Field  Absorption  by means of the conductance
       path  that  the  term  ``Joules''  becomes   meaningfull.    This
       ``conductance path'' actully manifests as the OMFD or the current
       carrying  (amps)  component of the total Electro-Magnetic Field .
       Solid objects provide this conductance path with  varying  values
       of ohms or mhos.  These mhos or ohms values are for the most part
       frequency   dependent  and  can  therefore  be  equated  with  AC
       impedance .


        Therein we have a conclusion  that  the  ``  rest  mass''  of  a
       ``photon''  is  dependent  on the wavelength of the incident OEFD
       and the nature of the element intercepting  that  radiation.  The
       photon  does  not  ``rest''  until it is absorbed and transformed
       into the same elemental mass comprising the receiver,  adding  to
       it's  original  mass.   Therefore  ,any  attempts  to  define the
       ``mass'' of a photon in terms of M must include information about
       the wavelength of the OEFD and the elemental composition  of  the
       receiving mass .


        In future articles , we will discuss the effects of manipulating
       Ea  with  external  magnetic  and  RF fields to alter some of the
       physical characteristics of a receiving element.


       * OEFD = Oscillating Electric  Field  Disruption  ,the  technical
         description  of an undetected radiation of a specific frequency
         emanating from a line like source (such  as  an  antenna).  The
         counterpart   of  OEFD  is  OMFD  (Oscillating  Magnetic  Field
         Disruption).