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Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction?

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On 23/05/2016 5:10 PM, jay moseley wrote:
> Sam quoted...
>> Yes, you're right--but the details of the photoelectric effect come out differently depending on whether light consists of particles or waves. If it's waves, the energy contained in one of those waves should depend only on its amplitude--that is, on the intensity of the light. Other factors, like the frequency, should make no difference. So, for example, red light and ultraviolet light of the same intensity should knock out the same number of electrons, and the maximum kinetic energy of both sets of electrons should also be the same. Decrease the intensity, and you should get fewer electrons, flying out more slowly; if the light is too faint, you shouldn't get any electrons at all, no matter what frequency you're using.
>
> This is typical of the lies and misinformation used by critics
> of the wave model to discredit a wave model.
> First of all it is a fundamental observation of resonant
> systems, as with atoms in a wave  model, that only narrow
> ranges of input frequencies can generate a sympathetic
> resonance in the same system. In other words classical
> resonant systems only respond to input frequencies in
> narrow input frequency ranges. Exactly as observed in the
> photoelectric effect.

Exactly as not observed in the photoelectric affect. There is a 
threshold frequency, below which the effect is absent, and above which 
the effect is noted. If this were a resonance effect, then frequencies 
significantly above the threshold frequency would also not produce the 
effect. This is hugely at variance with the experimental result.

Sylvia.

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Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-05-27 11:58 +1000
  Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-27 00:20 -0700
    Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-05-28 18:19 +1000
      Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-28 06:34 -0700
  Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 12:53 -0700
    Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-27 17:01 -0700

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