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a thought question

WhataBohr
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I know the answer to this but here goes

 

light travels at c however when it reflects say off a mirror does it slow to zero and reversed direction???

no, because it isn`t the same photon.

they all start and end their "life" at c, there`s no Slowing or sub c.

It gets absorbed and re-emitted.

 

Which explains why there is Brewster's angle for polarized light. Dipoles can't emit in a particular direction (along their axis).

The photon boson force carrying particle might be the cause. The energy in the boson may just be to much after absorbing the photon that it immedietly releases it again, but I'm not exactly sure about how direction is determined.

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I think one needs to look at when light hits a medium part is reflected and some is transmitted.. snell laws. I believe we need to look at propagation of light from a Electrodynamic way (maxwell equations) and Poynting theorem ( conservation of energy) Any thoughts

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