Re: Limitation of wavelength



In article <4qEue.77319$El.33886@pd7tw1no>, "Thomas Magma" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>Is there a limitation to the minimum length of a wave?
>I'm not asking if there is waves beyond gamma rays, but more like, how small
>can wavelengths get? If a photon has no size, is there something in physics
>from preventing a wavelength of lets say 10E-765 millimetres?
>
There is no known theoretical limit. Of course, there is the
practical limit that the energy of the photon cannot exceed the total
energy content of the universe (to the extent this term carries a
meaning, etc, etc.). that would set a lower limit circa 10^(-100) m.

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