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Photons....
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If you could take a star and remove it's;  spin, magnetic forces, and gravitational forces, and then set it right next to another one.....
....would there be photon collisions....?
Would they break into smaller particles/waves, or cancel each other out, or avoid each other by changing direction (or otherwise), or pass right thru and do nothing at all....?


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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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Could you perhaps rephrase the question?  Ill take a stab at it but Im not sure what is being asked...  :tongue:

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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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is this something about the ionosphere and the magnetic fields or something?

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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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is this something about the ionosphere and the magnetic fields or something?  photons are uncharged...

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Re: Photons.... [Re: DieCommie]
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OK, a particle colliders gets the particles/protons going close to light speeds in opposing directions in a circular magnetic track, they collide, we snap pictures, cool....  :thumbup:
What happens if you do this with photons.....?

Would they break into smaller particles/waves, or cancel each other out, or avoid each other by changing direction, or pass right thru each other and do nothing at all....?


I just figured that sticking two stars next to each other, the space directly in the middle of the two would be the most intense way to get the most direct "photon collisions"....   
You wouldn't need a circular track, the photons are already going at light speed, seems like the most bang for the buck....!  :tongue:


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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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Pass through. 

When one peak encounters another, there is what is called the 'superposition' of the two peaks.  Basically its just a peak that is twice as tall...  and the waves then continue on unimpeded.  Think about regular light you see.. a light source ahead of you (like a head light) wont be obstructed by any light source to the side.

How many photons could theoretically 'collide' and be in the same spot at the same time all in superposition with a huge peak?  An infinite amount.  There is no limit to the number of photons that can be at a point (unlike electrons for example).  The technical term for this is the 'pauli exclusion principle' and it has to do with the spins of the particles.  Integer spins (Bosons) can pile up infinitely, half integer spins (Fermions) cannot.

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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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PhanTomCat said:
What happens if you do this with photons.....?


Same thing that happens when you shine two flashlight beams at each other.

The photons interfere and depending on their phase differences, it can be constructive or destructive interference.  I think the can also refract each other a bit but I'm not sure.

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Re: Photons.... [Re: PhanTomCat]
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Photons are in a class called Bose particles or bosons, they don't collide, they just pass trough eachother. In fact Bosons tend to like being in the same state and location as eachother, a fact which is exploited in lasers, where all the photons which are produced are identical to each other.

In short, unlike protons and electrons, photons are nothing like billiard balls.


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Re: Photons.... [Re: DieCommie]
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Sweet, thanx~ peoples....    :smile:


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