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I wonder if there are ancient crystalline structures that captured/entrained photons long ago. They could be named "Silmarils"...

• andsoitis 2y ago
  I’m still learning about quantum field theory, so I am probably wrong, but I think this idea presupposes you can “trap” an excitation that arises in a quantum field.
  • golergka 2y ago
    Why not? We have reflective materials that these excitations bounce off, right?
    • andsoitis 2y ago
      As far as I understand, we have not managed to create perfectly reflective surfaces (and there are none in nature that we know of).
• VierScar 2y ago
  What purpose would that help? We do have CMB and a lot of light emitted from long ago from stars we get today. Are you specifically after the light from our sun from 4b years ago?