I wonder if the entangled electron theory helps to explain the photoelectric effect from metal surfaces. It is apparent that the wavelength of a light photon is far larger than the location of a single electron, but the end result of the effect is that one electron per photon is emitted from the surface. It would make a great deal of sense if many of them were working together to absorb the photon and then one taking the energy to escape the metal surface.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Roarty, Francis X <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 9:05 pm Subject: [Vo]:Got Mass? Scientists Observe Electrons Become Both Heavy and Speedy http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613145418.htm snip In a study to appear in the June 14 issue of the journal Nature, the Princeton-led team, which included scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of California-Irvine, used direct imaging of electron waves in a crystal. The researchers did so not only to watch the electrons gain mass but also to show that the heavy electrons are actually composite objects made of two entangled forms of the electron. This entanglement arises from the rules of quantum mechanics, which govern how very small particles behave and allow entangled particles to behave differently than untangled ones. Combining experiments and theoretical modeling, the study is the first to show how the heavy electrons emerge from such entanglement.
