Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Sylvia Else Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Does anyone really know the physical cause for time dilation and length contraction? Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 18:19:33 +1000 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <5d58156a-05f3-448c-b204-b76ac938cca8@googlegroups.com> <0463f78b-c778-4ce6-8566-02316fe17a0c@googlegroups.com> <896bab90-0c7a-4bb0-a887-196e3f68fc51@googlegroups.com> <380582a7-b84f-4f33-8832-07eb385c3b96@googlegroups.com> <5f91655c-e0c2-45f1-b83c-f3a43638d939@googlegroups.com> <6Judnadq8co9g6LKnZ2dnUU7-c2dnZ2d@giganews.com> <3e2744b6-4330-42f3-a086-ff8769c85662@googlegroups.com> <32942a53-9547-4078-9fb3-1580954866c6@googlegroups.com> <66e97ad6-8cdf-4e8a-8455-667235108725@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net V5EPCsb4DwnUK+ZyhlAaMghrIllg3ZNuZmTsPDwoD+DbHEfuNh Cancel-Lock: sha1:NLvgC18bCo1Nuylq3gHAaLWoxp4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 In-Reply-To: <66e97ad6-8cdf-4e8a-8455-667235108725@googlegroups.com> Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:581147 On 27/05/2016 5:20 PM, jay moseley wrote: > Sylvia wrote >> 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. > > Its a complex picture I admit. But notice that the lower > threshold *varies* for each element. Thats consistent > with different resonant frequencies for each element. > Different resonant systems have different responses. It's also consistent with the electrons in different elements requiring different energies to escape. > > But if your argument were true, and yes Ive looked at the > kinetic energy vs frequency graphs you refer to, one > would not get different spectral responsivity for different > elements in solar panels. Obviously certain frequencies > above threshold levels are NOT producing the effect the > graph insinuates of a smooth ever increasing response > to frequency. Solar panels are semiconductors, with hugely more complexity than just ejecting electrons into a vacuum. Sylvia.