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[SOLVED] Zero to Light Speed - Atom's Point of View
Atoms in a light bulb filament with house current are heated to the point that they readily emit visible light photons.
Three Questions:
1. What is the expected (or virtual) speed of the ELECTRON that emits a photon just as that photon is escaping from the immediate vicinity of the atom that generated that photon?
2. What is the expected (or virtual) speed of a PHOTON as it escapes from the immediate vicinity of the atom that generated that photon?
3. If the photon is accelerated over this atomic-level distance, then what is causing the acceleration?
Atoms in a light bulb filament with house current are heated to the point that they readily emit visible light photons.
Three Questions:
1. What is the expected (or virtual) speed of the ELECTRON that emits a photon just as that photon is escaping from the immediate vicinity of the atom that generated that photon?
2. What is the expected (or virtual) speed of a PHOTON as it escapes from the immediate vicinity of the atom that generated that photon?
3. If the photon is accelerated over this atomic-level distance, then what is causing the acceleration?
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