These new photon properties closely mimic those of phonons in crystals, hardly a surprising analogy.Noncommutative light
voidisyinyang voidisyinyang2 hours ago
So the experiment that "captures" virtual photons was done by unicorns sprinkling rainbow fairy dust? haha. http://www.dw.com/en/swedish-scientists-create-light-from-almost-nothing/a-15542095 Still a fascinating analysis - thanks again.
hmmmm..."changing the direction of a magnetic field billions of times a second" to oscillate at "mirror" at 5% of c, in the "vacuum," or what Maxwell/Heaviside et. al would have called the dielectric...and we spur a "fluctuation" in this medium that we CALL a "photon"... this is QM...