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Variation In The Reflection
Of Light From Glass
Light and the surfaces of objects
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Mechanism for the variation in reflection
Modern physics discussion on the variation in reflection
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Mechanism for the variation in reflection Light and the surfaces of objects
The Standard model of particle physics models light as a quantum wave that has a wave-particle duality that explores all possible paths
Whereas in the Simple Universe model, light is a long thin particle that moves through space in an ordinary manner
The following animation shows the shapes and structures of the model's subatomic particles, the button steps through the particles, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
The Subatomic Particles
The Simple Universe model has a 'neutral' particle that consists of equal amounts of positive and negative electric charge
In the model, the proton is a positron sandwiched between two of the 'neutral' particles
And the neutron is a proton with an electron embedded into the side of the proton
As a suggestion, the electric field particles emitted by the 'neutral' particle, are long in length
Their long length allows the 'neutral' particle electric field particles to wrap around a particle of light, stretching out one side of the particle of light, while compressing up its other side
Causing the particle of light to arc along its body and alter its direction
Whereas the electric field particles emitted by the electron, and the positron that is inside a proton, are short in length
Their short length cannot wrap around a particle of light, and their short length cannot change the direction of a particle of light
In the Simple Universe model, light is not affected by the short electric field particles of the electron, or the positron that is inside a proton
But light is affected by the long positive and negative electric field particles of the 'neutral' particles that are part of the proton and the neutron
The following animation shows the electron, positron, 'neutral' particle, neutrino and particle of light in the model, interacting with the short and long electric field particles, the button steps through the interactions, the 23 input box lists the interactions for direct selection, the button start / stops the animation (any of the buttons can be used in pause mode)
Electric Fields
As a suggestion, in the glass, the pulsating positive and negative 'neutral' particle electric fields from one atomic nucleus
Trigger the release of the positive and negative 'neutral' particle electric fields from its neighbouring nuclei
This synchronisation spreads, resulting in the glass having a synchronised, pulsating positive and negative 'neutral' particle electric field at the surface of the glass
That is able to interact with light
As a suggestion, when succesive thin layers are removed from the surface of the glass, the synchronised pulsating positive and negative 'neutral' particle electric fields at the surface of the glass, alter as a whole
Causing a different amount of light to be reflected from the front surface of a block of glass (cycling between 0% and 16%), when succesive thin layers are removed from the back surface of the glass
In the Simple Universe model, it is the change in the pulsating positive and negative 'neutral' particle electric fields at the surface of the block of glass, that alters the amount of the light reflected
Here is an old video that discusses the variation in the reflection of light in the model
Here is an old video that discusses light in an electric field in the model (ignore the naming of the 'neutral' particle as a 'dark matter' particle)
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Modern physics discussion on the variation in reflection Light and the surfaces of objects
The Standard model of particle physics uses the concept that a photon is in multiple places at the same time, and that a photon is able to produce an interference pattern in its own path through space
For reference, here is a YouTube video (1979) of Professor Richard Feynman's University of Auckland lecture discussing the quantum mechanical explanation for the variation in the reflection of light, QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
Lecture on light and matter
0 minutes : theory of light
2 minutes : partial reflection of light from a surface
8 minutes : Newton's fits of reflection and transmission
12 minutes : probability of reflection
29 minutes : probabilities of light being reflected
33 minutes : different possible reflected paths
49 minutes : refraction of light at a surface
57 minutes : focusing light with a glass lens
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The Simple Universe
