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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days ago

Cutting a photon in two creates an infinite swarm of particles

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Cutting a photon in two creates an infinite swarm of particles

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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days ago
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By definition, elementary particles can't be broken into smaller pieces. But in a new theoretical study published in Physical Review Letters, Johannes Skaar and colleagues have revealed what would happen if you tried anyway for a single photon. The answer is deeply strange: attempting to cut a photon in two wouldn't produce two smaller photons, but instead conjure an infinite number of them out of thin air.
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      Also not a physicist, probability is far too complex for journelists to be able to explain in a short headline, and often full articles. So we get things like this.

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        Well, that’s the problem right there, then: using “journelists” will net Temu results. ☝🏼

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