Re: What is the smallest unit of energy?


"Phil" <toob-headman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: We have Planck's constant h in joule-seconds, and for an oscillator
: operating at frequency f, the smallest unit of energy it can emit or
: absorb is hf. Okay, but in theory, by reducing the frequency f to ever
: smaller values, we produce ever smaller units of energy, eventually
: attaining infinitesimal values as f approaches zero. But isn't there a
: "smallest unit of energy," a value given in joules, not joule-seconds?
: What is the smallest "quantum of energy," assuming there is such a thing?

Zero.
It is quite easy to reduce the frequency of a photon,
simply have the source move away. That's red shift.



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