sci.physics.electromag

On Apr 2, 2:32=A0pm, Benj wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2:53 pm, Randy Poe wrote:
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> > On Mar 30, 2:21 pm, Ralph Hertle wrote:
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> > > You can't prove that the photon is not a discrete existent and that th=
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> > > appropriate experiments are not possible.
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> > > What facts exist that indicate that the photon actually exists?
> > Thousands of experiments. Off the top of my head:
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> > Direct evidence:
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> > Single-photon diffraction experiments, single-photon *anything*
> > experiments.
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> > Indirect evidence: blackbody radiation and the photoelectric
> > effect, which are inconsistent with un-quantized light. Why
> > is there a minimum frequency for the photoelectric electrons
> > to be emitted?
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> > Single photons are routinely detected in experiments all
> > the time.
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> Randy is right and the monkey wrench in Ralph's wave-photon theory is
> that a photon detector doesn't need to be 100% efficient to detect
> photons. =A0It basically just misses a few. =A0And the kick in the butt to=

> Ralph's double slit idea is that IF you put a detector over one slit
> of a double slit, and bring the intensity down to single photon
> levels, you find that a photon goes through either one slit or the
> other and ALL of it goes through JUST ONE slit! =A0You can tell by the
> energy in the photons detected. =A0Wave theory on the other hand =A0would
> predict a splitting of the energy. =A0So now is the mystery! You have

No, continvose wave theory does; discretvose wave theory does not.