Date: 4/08/2016 11:32:29
From: Postpocelipse
ID: 935451
Subject: Sub Planck Photon

Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light

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Date: 4/08/2016 11:50:51
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 935468
Subject: re: Sub Planck Photon

Postpocelipse said:


Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light

April 1st? Apparently not.

> A separate team of researchers will be needed to replicate the work

For an introduction to the angular momentum of light, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_angular_momentum_of_light

In the following image, the spin angular momentum Jz is equal to the Planck constant h bar.

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Date: 4/08/2016 11:54:58
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 935471
Subject: re: Sub Planck Photon

Postpocelipse said:


Physicists Just Discovered a New Form of Light

April 1st? Apparently not.

> A separate team of researchers will be needed to replicate the work

For an introduction to the angular momentum of light, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_angular_momentum_of_light

In the following image, the spin angular momentum Jz is equal to the Planck constant h bar.

The spin angular momentum doesn’t occur in plane polarised light, only in the component of light that is circularly polarised.

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Date: 4/08/2016 18:51:13
From: Postpocelipse
ID: 935692
Subject: re: Sub Planck Photon

What effect (if any) will this have on deep space measurements?

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