Physics, asked by shadabjaffri, 1 year ago

if we succed in stopping a photon than what happens?​

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Answered by prashantro0
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You can’t stop a photon. A photon is actually a wave that has its phase velocity, which is a given. If the wave has an especially big crest at some specific point (call it a tsunami), we speak of a particle.

Such a wave with a local peak is actually a superposition of many waves with different wavelengths, which happen to combine in such a way that the local peak is formed. In physics, the wavelength is associated with momentum of the wave/particle.

The problem is that, when there is a fairly well discernible peak so we can speak of a particle at some specific point, we cannot determine momentum - there is just such a cocktail of different wavelengths. Conversely, when the wave is fairly regular, with a defined wavelength and momentum, we cannot localize a point in space where there would be a specially strong crest.

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