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Kinkajou : Introducing the Photon: The subatomic particle that carries the electromagnetic force and is the quantum of electromagnetic radiation, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force .
Erasmus : A photon carries energy proportional to the radiation frequency. The photon has a rest mass of zero, but has measurable momentum, exhibits deflection by a gravitational field, and can exert an (electromagnetic) force. (attraction or repulsion).
The scientist Michael Faraday discovered the electromagnetic nature of light when he found that polarised light became rotated when travelling along magnetic field.
He proposed that light was a high frequency electromagnetic vibration which could propagate even in the absence of medium such as the “ether”. This is essentially what we believe today.
Michael Faraday
The concept of the “ether” became discredited for many years but we now seem to have resurrected the Higgs Field in relation to the Higgs Boson.
A strange circuitous journey of logic indeed.
Kinkajou : What are the characteristics of a Photon?
Erasmus :
Spin: 1
Symbol: Gamma
Mean lifetime: Stable
C parity: -1
Parity: -1
Composition: Elementary particle
Interactions: Electromagnetic, Weak Force, Gravity
Kinkajou : Tell us More about the Photon
Erasmus : The photon is a type of elementary particle. Hence as elementary particles Photons are not thought to be made up of smaller particles.
Photons are massless, and they always move at the speed of light in vacuum, 299792458 m/s. (See our previous statement re relativistic mass and rest mass)
Sometimes people like to say that the photon does have mass because a photon has energy E = hf where h is Planck's constant and f is the frequency of the photon. However- this description is a Physicists’ convention of word usage. It is true within the tight definition of the proper usage of the words, not perhaps as most of us understand the interconvertability of mass and energy.
Colours that can be produced by visible light of a narrow band of wavelengths (monochromatic light) are called pure spectral colours. The various colour ranges indicated in the illustration are an approximation: The spectrum is continuous, with no clear boundaries between one colour and the next.
Colour /
Wavelength /
Frequency /
Photon energy
Violet 380–450 nm 670–790 THz 2.75–3.26 eV
Blue
450–485 nm 620–670 THz 2.56–2.75 eV
Cyan
485–500 nm 600–620 THz 2.48–2.56 eV
Green
500–565 nm 530–600 THz 2.19–2.48 eV
Yellow
565–590 nm 510–530 THz 2.10–2.19 eV
Orange
590–625 nm 480–510 THz 1.98–2.10 eV
Red 625–740 nm 405–480 THz 1.68–1.98 eV
Kinkajou : The Hydrogen line is a critically important fact which we will talk about on our other sites.
The hydrogen line, 21-centimeter line, or H I line is the electromagnetic radiation spectral line that is created by a change in the energy state of neutral hydrogen atoms.
This electromagnetic radiation has a precise frequency of 1420405751.768(2) Hz, which is equivalent to the vacuum wavelength of 21.106114054160(30) cm in free space.
This wavelength falls below the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum, which begins at 3.0 GHz (10cm wavelength), and it is observed frequently in radio astronomy because those radio waves can penetrate the large clouds of interstellar cosmic dust that are opaque to visible light.
Erasmus : The microwaves of the hydrogen line come from the atomic transition of an electron between the two hyperfine levels of the hydrogen 1 s ground state that have an energy difference
of 5.8743261841116(81) Micro-eV [9.411708152678(13)×10E-25 J].
It is called the spin-flip transition.
Erasmus : The energy of the transition is not a valence transition but a transition between spin up and spin down states of the electron.
The frequency, f, of the quanta that are emitted by this transition between two different energy levels is given by the Planck–Einstein relation E = hf. According to that relation, the photon energy of a photon with a frequency of 1420405751.768(2) Hz is 5.8743261841116(81) ?eV [9.411708152678(13)×10E-25 J]. The constant of proportionality, h, is known as the Planck constant.
The Team: Erasmus met Dr Xxxxx and over a number of years grew to develop a belief in the problems of our world.
Erasmus is an old dog, but he reckons he still can do new tricks. He’s been around, and up and down a few dry creek beds in his lifetime .Born into servitude at the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm, Erasmus quickly realised the world could be a hostile and dangerous place. Puppies disappeared daily, never to be seen again.
Kinkajou: Features in our web sites as an adventurer but he is equally accomplished in the art of reasoning and has often followed the comments of Erasmus to their logical conclusion. His belief in the truth leads him to always "tell it true". This is the world as it can be seen and this is the real world.
Dr Xxxxx. This good doctor actually represents a diversity of opinions held by a small cabal of medically aware people.
Dr AXxxxx. Simply best described as a cold inhuman bastard, Erasmus says we are indeed lucky to have this paranoid psychopath on our side. In spite of his antecedents, his perspective is valuable for us to use to understand our world. Dr AXxxxx’s past background is in taking charge and being master at the helm of the ship of destiny. Control is the ultimate goal. Nothing must stand in the way of control. Domination not cooperation. Suspect your enemies and kill them first, preferably after extracting all useful information. Your destiny is yours to make and to take. Vengeance is a heady mix to this paranoic murderer.
The Commandant: Head of our security detail, the Commandant believes in doing the right thing and always considering safe options. However, his view of what is right is coloured by association with Erasmus, Kinkajou and the doctors Xxxxx.
Frobisher & Beethoven: These guys are our bullywot "security mooks", Frobisher is the literate one while Beethoven provides just more raw muscle power. While Officious and Intolerant of transgressions, they none the less have a sensitive and fragile side to their natures, an aspect their personality totally at odds with their aggressive and fierce appearance.
Goo is a simple and humble mammal.(Actually a marsupial numbat really). His ability to change the world is limited by his meagre intellect and his short life span. Furthermore, as a member of an endangered species, he has to face the prospect of personal death as well as species extinction. He could one day be the last of his kind.