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minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoDoes a photon actually accelerate? Sure seems like it always goes at light speed through whatever medium from its creation.
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minus-squareziggurism@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoThe fact that light cannot change speed is one of the core axioms of relativity
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoNo, they don’t. They can get absorbed and re-emitted, and the space they are moving though can compress sideways. But they can’t make curves at all.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThat’s basically all that refraction is. A dead giveaway is that light doesn’t move at the speed of light in them.
Does a photon actually accelerate? Sure seems like it always goes at light speed through whatever medium from its creation.
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The fact that light cannot change speed is one of the core axioms of relativity
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No, they don’t. They can get absorbed and re-emitted, and the space they are moving though can compress sideways. But they can’t make curves at all.
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That’s basically all that refraction is. A dead giveaway is that light doesn’t move at the speed of light in them.