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So, 'something' must be able to turn a photon of one wavelength into a photon of another wavelength, otherwise we'd only have 1 wavelength of light in our unive
by greysphere 6y ago
So, 'something' must be able to turn a photon of one wavelength into a photon of another wavelength, otherwise we'd only have 1 wavelength of light in our universe.
Moreover, if we assume conservation of energy, changing a photon w/ wavelength A into B leaves over some energy C, that again, assuming some mechanism of changing energy into light, a new photon could be emitted.
So which assumption is wrong?
(1) Light comes in many different wavelengths
(2) Conservation of energy
(3) Non-light energy can be changed into light energy
(4) Light color follows the photon model for the relation between energy and wavelength.
(or just do a simple google search:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03039 https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.03039
where it's sounds like it's been observed directly)