Re: Photon, Momentum, Mass

"John Kennaugh" <JKNG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Kennaugh <JKNG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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In emission theory there is no
maximum possible speed .. so there must be some reason for it being that
speed [c] and not any other.

Agreed and I do not claim to know what it is - is that a problem?


Only if you refuse to allow SR the same priviledge, which is exactly what
you
are doing when you claim that SR must invoke an aether or 'fail' to meet
YOUR
requirement of a 'physical explanation'.

When electrons in atoms change energy state the energy lost flies off in
the form of a photon. BaTh involves this reasonably well understood
physical process the only thing it fails to explain is just why it is
always at the same speed.

So why could that not same process apply to SR? Could it be that because
photons are massless, there is no transfer of velocity from the source?


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