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Light is such a hard concept to study, I'm having trouble trying to find information on a particular aspect of light.

Can light particles collide with each other, thereby altering their direction of travel?

Say for example, you could perfectly align the frequency of the two opposing photon particle streams so they would intersect in perfect unison, not just geometrically, but in unison with the frequency of the photon oscillation(like the way they do in particle accelerators).

So the question is; Could you be able to create such a circumstance and have a perfect collision of photons; and would one photon have any affect on the other (such as altering its direction or what have you)?

does this look like homework3world to you, son :icon7:

I'm a science enthusiast, not a current student. This is to resolve an issue I'm pondering in regards to an idea I have

Keep It Real wrote:does this look like homework3world to you, son :icon7:

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K how about this one. Let's say I have a rigid metal pole that's one light minute long.

I use it to poke things in space.

When I move my end of the pole, does the other end move instantaneously?

If you're in your car travelling at the speed of light and you turn on your headlights; does anything happen?

iambowelfish wrote:K how about this one. Let's say I have a rigid metal pole that's one light minute long.

I use it to poke things in space.

When I move my end of the pole, does the other end move instantaneously?

good question - the answer is no - in order for that to happen, you'd need complete rigidity, which is a theoretical impossibility.

the pole would take time for the force to pass through.

If a dog farts at a school for deaf children does it make a noise?

Keep It Real wrote:does this look like homework3world to you, son :icon7:

i bet you don't know the answer anyways.

bitWISE wrote:If a dog farts at a school for deaf children does it make a noise?

is the dog deaf?

There are science types here?