New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
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Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#2We intuitively think in particles and see a world of billiard balls colliding with one another.
But actually everything is merely waves and fields.
There's going to be a time where humans finally reconcile the quantum with the newtonian -- and I can't wait for that day
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#3> To quantify this influence, the team applied their model to Terbium Gallium Garnet (TGG), a crystal widely used to measure the Faraday effect. They found that the magnetic field of light accounts for about 17% of the observed rotation at visible wavelengths and up to 70% in the infrared range.
Nearly 20% seems already significant, but 70%?! that's massive.
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#4We intuitively think in particles and see a world of billiard balls colliding with one another. But actually everything is merely waves and fields. There's going to be a time where humans finally reconcile the quantum with the newtonian -- and I can't wait for that day
> But actually everything is merely waves and fields.
The two-slit experiment says otherwise.
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#5We intuitively think in particles and see a world of billiard balls colliding with one another. But actually everything is merely waves and fields. There's going to be a time where humans finally reconcile the quantum with the newtonian -- and I can't wait for that day
> But actually everything is merely waves and fields. The two-slit experiment says otherwise.
The way I've always thought of this is there are potentials for interactions and interactions.
Interactions act like point particles and potentials for interactions act like waves.
Arguing over the distinction is a bit like debating whether people are the things they do, or the thing that does things. There is some philosophical discussion to be had, but for the most part it doesn't really matter.
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#6We intuitively think in particles and see a world of billiard balls colliding with one another. But actually everything is merely waves and fields. There's going to be a time where humans finally reconcile the quantum with the newtonian -- and I can't wait for that day
> But actually everything is merely waves and fields. The two-slit experiment says otherwise.
Hmm? The double slit experiment definitely shows that particles are waves—weird quantum waves, but still waves.
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#7We intuitively think in particles and see a world of billiard balls colliding with one another. But actually everything is merely waves and fields. There's going to be a time where humans finally reconcile the quantum with the newtonian -- and I can't wait for that day
That we're just collections of wave interference is wild.
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
> But actually everything is merely waves and fields. The two-slit experiment says otherwise.
Hmm? The double slit experiment definitely shows that particles are waves—weird quantum waves, but still waves.
what happens when you only send a single photon down the line though?
Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
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Re: New magnetic component discovered in the Faraday effect
#10> To quantify this influence, the team applied their model to Terbium Gallium Garnet (TGG), a crystal widely used to measure the Faraday effect. They found that the magnetic field of light accounts for about 17% of the observed rotation at visible wavelengths and up to 70% in the infrared range. Nearly 20% seems already significant, but 70%?! that's massive.
Nice to see a graph of % magnetic priportion and log wavelength going from radio to gamma.