Re: photon stuff...

Ken S. Tucker:
>The energy of a photon is given by
>
>E = hf .
>
>Examine that carefully. The "frequency f" is
>a rate that is expressible by,
>
>f = n/t
>
>where "n" is a number, h is action.
>
>In order to establish a rate of action, "n" must
>equal two, and the period "t" separating the actions
>needs two actions to define the frequency, thus,
>
>E = 2h/t == 2 actions/time = rate of action,
>
>is the minimum definition of a photon, assuming
>action "h" is physically quantized, as is currently
>accepted.
>
>Does that seem reasonable?

No. It doesn't describe the photon. For one thing, the photon energy
isn't quantized. The energy levels of bound systems are quantized.
The photon is quantized by its spin, which is just 1 \hbar.


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