Re: FTL (Faster Than Light) communications?

From: Mjolinor (mjolinor_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/15/04


Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:03:47 GMT


"Kevin Aylward" <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote in message
news:teMTc.142924$28.34654@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Ken Smith wrote:
> > In article <w2ETc.141739$28.48707@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> > Kevin Aylward <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> In fact, its the other way round photons *always* travel at "C", i.e.
> >> the 3e8 max speed in vacuume.
> >
> > Yes, existing theory.
> >
> > [...]
> >> *apparent* speed. Atomic electrons absorb photons, go to a hifger
> >> energy state, then after a delay, emit a new photon.
> >
> > Proving that it is really a new photon is a bit tricky. They don't
> > have serial numbers.
>
> Oh, you mean like when the photon disappears (gets absorbed) it actually
> runs around inside the electron for a bit, then pops out again. Maybe.

No it doesn't, it becomes a part of the track that the electron is riding on
giving the electron a longer path and therefore a higher orbit.



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