On Friday, June 15, 2018 at 11:55:17 PM UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > > > On 6/15/2018 6:46 AM, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > > I might be wrong here, but my point is that energy occurs in discrete > eigenvalues and we never measure energy in between. With spin for instance > it occurs in any direction and is determined by the orientation of a > magnetic field I set. I do not tune some variable to get the energy > spectrum of an atom. There is something odd about energy in both quantum > mechanics and relativity. > > > But the energy of photons is a continuum. > > Brent >
I am not sure that changes the argument. Photons are often emitted by systems with discrete energy levels or resonance scattering peaks. LC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
